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Butter Lamp Festival celebrated in Lhasa, SW China’s Tibet

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Monks attend an event at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China`s Tibet autonomous region, Dec.21, 2019. People of the Tibetan ethnic group lit butter lamps and prayed through the night in the annual Butter Lamp Festival commemorating Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism. [Photo/Xinhua]

Butter Lamp Festival celebrated in Lhasa, SW China’s Tibet

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A man lights butter lamps at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China`s Tibet autonomous region, Dec.21, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

Butter Lamp Festival celebrated in Lhasa, SW China’s Tibet

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A monk lights butter lamps at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China`s Tibet autonomous region, Dec.21, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

Butter Lamp Festival celebrated in Lhasa, SW China’s Tibet

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Monks attend a Butter Lamp Festival event at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China`s Tibet autonomous region, Dec.21, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

Butter Lamp Festival celebrated in Lhasa, SW China’s Tibet

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Monks attend a Butter Lamp Festival event at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China`s Tibet autonomous region, Dec.21, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

Butter Lamp Festival celebrated in Lhasa, SW China’s Tibet

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Monks light butter lamps at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China`s Tibet autonomous region, Dec.21, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

Butter Lamp Festival celebrated in Lhasa, SW China’s Tibet

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A monk lights butter lamps at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China`s Tibet autonomous region, Dec.21, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

Butter Lamp Festival celebrated in Lhasa, SW China’s Tibet

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Monks attend a Butter Lamp Festival event at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China`s Tibet autonomous region, Dec.21, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]