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Butter Lamp Festival celebrated in Lhasa (1/4)

2011-12-21 10:32    Ecns.cn     Web Editor:Wang Haining
Lamas light lamps at the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, December 21, 2011. The Butter Lamp Festival, which falls on the 25th of the tenth month in Tibetan calendar, is an important religious festival to commemorate the death of Tsong Khapa, the founder of Gelugpa of Tibetan Buddhism. [CNS Photo/Li Lin]

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