Buddha worshipping festival opens in Nanjing

The 6th Jinling Buddha Worshipping Culture Festival opens at Mount Niushou Relics Park in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, June 22, 2016. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

The festival will last for a month. Activities like an art exhibition, Buddhist culture display and lectures on Buddhism will be held.

Visitors also can see a rare artifact, a piece of the skull of Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, enshrined in the underground palace of the Foding Palace at the Mount Niushou Relics Park.