Grand Buddha Painting Unfolding Ceremony was unveiled this morning at the Drepung Monastery, ten kilometers away from Lhasa city. Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan Buddhist believers came to attend the annual activity which marks the beginning of the Lhasa Shoton Festival 2011.
Grand Buddha Painting Unfolding Ceremony was unveiled at the Drepung Monastery at 8:00am August 29, 2011 [Photo/Weibo]
As one of the traditional activities of Shoton festival, the Buddha Painting Unfolding Ceremony is also regarded as an event to show respect for the Buddhist Gods. Some invaluable giant fabric Buddhist paintings and brocaded Buddhist figures housed in Tibetan monasteries will be exhibited on the Buddha painting displaying platform near the monasteries or hung on the cliff of the a slope or a boulder, enabling the believers to pay their respect for the Buddhist Gods.
