Tibetan monks take part in religious exercises at a monastery near Tongren, northwest China's Qinghai province February 24, 2009, a day before the ethnic Tibetan traditional new year, which varies from year to year and begins on Wednesday this year, photo from Agencies. 

Tibetan monks take part in religious exercises at a monastery near Tongren, northwest China's Qinghai province February 24, 2009, a day before the ethnic Tibetan traditional new year, which varies from year to year and begins on Wednesday this year, photo from Agencies. 

Tibetan monks take part in religious exercises at a monastery near Tongren, northwest China's Qinghai province February 24, 2009, a day before the ethnic Tibetan traditional new year, which varies from year to year and begins on Wednesday this year, photo from Agencies. 

Tibetan monks take part in religious exercises at a monastery near Tongren, northwest China's Qinghai province February 24, 2009, a day before the ethnic Tibetan traditional new year, which varies from year to year and begins on Wednesday this year, photo from Agencies. 

Tibetan monks take part in religious exercises at a monastery near Tongren, northwest China's Qinghai province February 24, 2009, a day before the ethnic Tibetan traditional new year, which varies from year to year and begins on Wednesday this year, photo from Agencies. 

Tibetan monks take part in religious exercises at a monastery near Tongren, northwest China's Qinghai province February 24, 2009, a day before the ethnic Tibetan traditional new year, which varies from year to year and begins on Wednesday this year, photo from Agencies.