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The Thangka painting bearing the image
of Sakyamuni, founder of Buddhism, is unfolded to the worshippers, in
Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, August 12,
2007. The activity that unfolds Buddha portrait in Zhebung Monastery marks
the opening of Shoton Festival, or Xodoin, which means yogurt banquet in
Tibetan language. Over 300,000 people including local residents and
foreign tourists attended the festival Sunday. The Shoton Festival, which
is believed to originate in the 11th century, and originally a religious
activity for pilgrims to serve yogurt to monks and nuns who finished their
summer retreat, had gradually become a theatrical event by mid-17th
century. The Shoton Festival was inscribed on the list of China Intangible
Cultural Heritage in May last year. (Xinhua Photo)
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