Sunning of the Buddha Festival

The Sunning of the Buddha Festival is the day when Tibetan people worship Buddha. It usually falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Tibetan people will gather together in the temples to celebrate this festival.

Tibetan people in festive costumes gather in the local temples on the morning of the Sunning of Buddha Festival for the Sunning Buddha ceremony.

Accompanying Buddhist music played by lamas, Tibetan men carry the Buddhist tapestry from the temple to a clean and well-lit hillside. The tapestry is then unfolded along the hillside by the lamas, starting the Sunning of Buddha Festival.

Pious Buddhists kowtow and chant sutras beneath the giant Buddha spreading out before them, praying to the Buddha for blessings.

The Sunning of Buddha ceremony lasts for several hours, after which the lamas will fold the Buddha tapestry in awe. They will walk around the temple three times with the folded tapestry on their shoulders and then put it back where it is kept.