A group of Tibetan women are seen outside central Lhasa's Jokhang Temple, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Nov. 14, 2010. Over the past few days, Lamaist believers in the TAR and Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunan provinces have been travelling on a winter pilgrimage to Lhasa, Shigatse and Tsedang. (Xinhua/Soinam Norbu)
An old Tibetan woman, who lives in Chamdo, eastern Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), prays before a kowtow in central Lhasa's Jokhang Temple, southwest China's TAR, Nov. 14, 2010. Over the past few days, Lamaist believers in the TAR and Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunan provinces have been travelling on a winter pilgrimage to Lhasa, Shigatse and Tsedang. (Xinhua/Soinam Norbu)
Lamaist pilgrims worship by circling a sacred mast decorated with prayer flags and banners in central Lhasa's Jokhang Temple, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Nov. 14, 2010. Over the past few days, Lamaist believers in the TAR and Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunan provinces have been travelling on a winter pilgrimage to Lhasa, Shigatse and Tsedang. (Xinhua/Soinam Norbu)
A Lamaist believer, who spent the past month trekking over 300 kilometers to Lhasa, is seen on a street in the capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Nov. 14, 2010. Over the past few days, Lamaist believers in the TAR and Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunan provinces have been travelling on a winter pilgrimage to Lhasa, Shigatse and Tsedang. (Xinhua/Soinam Norbu)
