The Labrang Monastery in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, held a religious ceremony to pray for happiness and peace in the new year, on March 1, 2010, the 16th day of the first month in the Chinese lunar calendar. Monks carrying the statue of Buddha Maitreya walk around the monastery, while the Buddhism believers following them turn the prayer wheels.  (Xinhua Photo)

Photo taken on March 1, 2010, shows Buddhism believers turning prayer wheels at a religious ceremony to pray for happiness and peace in the new year held in the Labrang Monastery in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province.  (Xinhua Photo)

Photo taken on March 1, 2010, shows Buddhism believers attending a religious ceremony to pray for happiness and peace in the new year held in the Labrang Monastery in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province.

Photo taken on March 1, 2010, shows Buddhism believers attending a religious ceremony to pray for happiness and peace in the new year held in the Labrang Monastery in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province.  (Xinhua Photo)