GLOBALink | Butter sculpture show held at Labrang Monastery-Xinhua
GLOBALink | Butter sculpture show held at Labrang Monastery
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2024-02-25 16:48:16
XIAHE, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- An annual butter sculpture show was held at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province on Saturday, the Chinese Lantern Festival, to pray for good fortune and harvest.
Built in 1709, Labrang Monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism and serves as a top Tibetan Buddhism educational institution in China.
Butter sculptures made by Buddhists are displayed at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)Butter sculptures made by Buddhists are displayed at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)Butter sculptures made by Buddhists are displayed at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)People watch butter sculptures made by Buddhists at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)Butter sculptures made by Buddhists are displayed at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)Butter sculptures made by Buddhists are displayed at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)Butter sculptures made by Buddhists are displayed at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
