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Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 25, 20224. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)
The 600-year-old Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps.
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Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 25, 20224. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)
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Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 25, 20224. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)
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Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 25, 20224. (Photo: China News Service/Ma Mingyan)