Tibetan Buddhist event in China's Gansu attracts believers, tourists

STORY: Tibetan Buddhist event in China's Gansu attracts believers, tourists DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a grand Tibetan Buddhist event 2. various of the event 3. various of tourists 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): KUNCHOK TSERING, Director of tourism bureau of Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 5. various of the event STORYLINE: More than 76,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Friday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, which was built in 1709. The centuries-old ceremony is held each year on the 13th day of the first lunar month. It is not only a grand festival for Buddhists, but also a platform to showcase the unique Tibetan culture an