Tibetans in Xigaze Pray for Peace on Lunar New Year's Eve
(01/14/2002)
Residents in the Xigaze Prefecture in southwest China's Tibet
Autonomous Region celebrated their own Lunar New Year's Eve Sunday,
which was earlier than the Tibetan New Year.
Many urban residents and rural farmers gathered in the Zhaxilhunbo
Temple, a famous temple in the region, to pray for peace. Eighty-five-year-old
Tashi said, "I pray to Buddha to bless my children and my grandchildren
in the new year."
Cering, a farmer living in prefecture, went to the temple by tractor
on Sunday morning. "I go to the temple every New Year's Eve
to pray for good weather for the crops and good health for my family
members," said Cering.
A lama at Zhaxilhunbo Temple said that Tibetan's freedom in religious
belief are fully guaranteed and many Tibetans from all over Tibet
go to the temple to pray every day.
(People's Daily)
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