Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2007 shows the venue of the opening
ceremony of the 4th Buddhism Cultural Festival and the 18th
International Tourism Month at Wutai Mountain of Xinzhou City,
north China's Shanxi Province. The one-month event attracted many
Buddhists and tourists. Wutai Mountain is known as one of the five
most eminent Buddhist sanctums in the world and the top of China's
four famous Buddhist mountains. It boasts many Buddhist statues and
a great number of Buddhist classics and frescoes in its ancient
temples.?
A lama performs Buddhist music at the opening ceremony of the
4th Buddhism Cultural Festival and the 18th International Tourism
Month at Wutai Mountain of Xinzhou City, north China's Shanxi
Province.?
Monks perform at the opening ceremony of the 4th Buddhism Cultural
Festival and the 18th International Tourism Month at Wutai Mountain
of Xinzhou City, north China's Shanxi Province.
An actress performs with nuns during the opening ceremony of the
4th Buddhism Cultural Festival and the 18th International Tourism
Month at Wutai Mountain of Xinzhou City, north China's Shanxi
Province.
Monks pray for blessings at the opening ceremony of the 4th
Buddhism Cultural Festival and the 18th International Tourism Month
at Wutai Mountain of Xinzhou City, north China's Shanxi
Province.
(Xinhua News Agency August 23, 2007)
