Butter lamps lit for Galdan Namchot Festival in Qinghai

Believers gathered together at Kumbum Monastery for Galdan Namchot, a traditional Tibetan festival Wednesday.
The day also commemorated Je Tsongkhapa, an influential Tibetan Buddhist teacher.
It has been 601 years since he reached parinirvana.
People carefully arranged butter lamps into different Tibetan Buddhist symbols along the ground, expressing their wishes for world peace and safety.

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