Buddhist pilgrims go to Tibet to pay homage

Chinanews, Lhasa, Nov. 22 – Recently, many Tibetan Buddhism believers went to Lhasa to pay homage to Sakyamuni, the Great Buddha. Every day, hundreds of Buddhists gathered at Potala Palace or Jokhang Temple to say prayers. The religious boom boosted local catering business.

In Tibet, many local residents believe in Tibetan Buddhism. Jokhang Temple is regarded by many Tibetan Buddhism believers as a holy place because the statue of Sakyamuni, brought by Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty when she came to settle in Tibet well over a thousand years ago, is placed there. Traditionally, when the autumn harvest season is over, many farmers have much free time and they will like to take this time to go to Lhasa to pay homage to the Buddha. In recent years, as many farmers and herdsmen live a better life, they are even more willing to travel far for their religious worship. The believers fully enjoy the freedom of religious belief as advocated by the Chinese government.

Over the past few days, this reporter saw that early in the morning, dozens of religious believers would kneel down for a long time to perform ritual kowtow. At an intersection between Deli Street and Norbulinka Street, passing cars often stopped by to let the religious believers go across the street first. In China, religious believers are respected.

In Lhasa, there are about 1,700 sites for religious believers to perform rituals. There are also 46,000 monks and nuns living in various monateries in Tibet. Due to social stability, Chinese people enjoy a prosperous life and religious believers also enjoy their freedom of religious belief.