The annually Sakyamuni Thangka ceremony was held on May 21, 2013 at Tsurphu Monastery in Tibet. The traditional Tibetan ceremony attracted many believers.
From June, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport will be the third city authorized by the state council to issue 72-hour transit visa after Beijing and Shanghai.
GEF, an international financing institution for environmental protection has donated 2.72 million U.S. dollars to help conserve biodiversity on Mount Huangshan.
The government has built many overpasses along the pilgrimage routes in Lhasa to make daily religious practices of pilgrimages convenient, time-efficient and safer.