Devotees light butter lamps at the Kumbum Monastery in Xining, Northwest China's Qinghai province, to pray for happiness and good health through the night on Dec 14, 2025. The Butter Lamp Festival commemorates Tsong Khapa, a master of Tibetan Buddhism. The annual festival is observed on the 25th day of the 10th month in the Tibetan calendar. MA MINGYAN/CHINA NEWS SERVICE
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