Festivals are only interesting for tourists when there are some unique ceremonies and are available for viewing.
“Sunning of the Buddha” is certainly one of the most popular Tibetan festivals, unveiling of a gigantic Thangka measuring up to over 100 feet in length for public viewing. Losar or Tibetan New Year or Manlam Festival is one of the events where you may see a “basking of the Buddha” ceremony. The event is held during Tibetan New Year which is near Chinese New Year in February. Tibetan monasteries will hold days long celebration by running different programs, including chanting, praying, offering the yak milk or holy water, and unfold a huge Buddha Thangka. Each of the major Tibetan event attracts pilgrims and tourists travelling from all over the world to attend.
“Sunning of the Buddha” is very popular throughout Tibetan and other Himalaya regions, including the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, Qinghai, Tibet and Bhutan. Many events are held during the Tibetan New Year in February. If you want to see it in Tibet, the best time of the year is August. InBhutan, you may see the Thongdrol (Liberation by sight) which is something similar during some major Tibetan festivals throughout the year. However, instead of hanging on the hill, Thongdrols are hung on the wall inside the Dzongs (fortresses).
This article features some photos taken during Losar Festival in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
西藏新年節時間在各間寺院都有很多不同的活動：誦經、祈福、跳面具舞等，只要站在一旁就可以拍到獨特的照片。
大部份在甘肅看到的祭典都有好幾百位僧侶誦經、祈福，吸引甚多信眾和遊客參加。
這是南甘肅其中一座寺院，這些僧侶完成一個誦經儀式後離開大殿。
西藏新年祭典其中一個重要環節是聽喇嘛主持誦經。
西藏新年節慶中最重要的環節是曬大佛，每個寺院都有一張龐大的唐卡，僧侶們會把唐卡抬到山上張開，斜斜面向天。這個在位於海拔3,325米高的郎木寺可算是我看過最漂亮的曬佛儀式，藍天白雪加上色彩繽紛的瑰麗唐卡真的是難得一見。
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