Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism holds dharma assembly in Lhasa (5)

Diciples pray at the dharma assembly in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 14, 2016. The Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism held a traditional dharma assembly during the weekend, drawing hundreds of thousands of believers from Tibet and elsewhere in China. This dharma assembly held by Drikung Kagyu, one of the eight minor lineages of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, dates back more than 300 years and is held in the year of monkey in the Tibetan calendar, this year in the Drikung Valley near the Drigung Thil Monastery. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)