Butter Lamp Festival celebrated in China's Qinghai

Source: Xinhua| 2019-11-22 11:08:44|Editor: Wang Yamei

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CHINA-QINGHAI-XINING-BUTTER LAMP FESTIVAL (CN)

Photo taken on Nov. 21, 2019 shows lit butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province. The 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. This year's festival falls on Thursday. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)