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Monks at Dharma Drum Mountain Temple in Taiwan strike their temple bells 108 times to ring in the Year of the Tiger. The striking of the bells symbolises the removal of 108 kinds of human worries. IMAGES
On Lunar New Year's Eve, monks at Taiwan's Dharma Drum Mountain Temple strike the Buddhist Fa-hua Bell 108 times to usher in the Year of the Dragon. The ringing of the bell represents the removal of 108 types of human worries. IMAGES
A Taiwan temple strikes a drum on Lunar New Year's Day to welcome the Year of the Rabbit while worshippers walk under giant lanterns to pray for good fortune in the new year. The rabbit is the fourth animal in the 12 Chinese zodiac signs. IMAGES
Banten, Feb 6 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesian-Chineses in the Indonesian province of Banten on Saturday cleaned up a temple to welcome the Lunar New Year.The Lunar New Year falls on Feb. 12 this year and will mark the beginning of the Year of the Ox in Chinese astrology. (Camera: BAGUS INDAHONO).SHOT LIST: INDONESIAN-CHINESE PEOPLE CLEAN UP THE KWAN IN THANG TEMPLE AHEAD OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR DAY IN PONDOK CABE, BANTEN, INDONESIA.
Thousands of Buddhist monks and devotees participated in a breathtaking lantern-lit ceremony at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok on Saturday, to mark Makha Bucha Day, a special holiday celebrated on the full moon of the third lunar month of the calendar. Participants sat in prepared positions and meditated according to instructions given by the head priest via microphone. Makha Bucha Day, also known as Lord Buddha Day, is a public holiday observed in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Sri Lanka. It is an important religious festival held in honour of the Buddha and comes from a special story in Buddhist history. The legend goes that 1,250 monks enlightened monks came to see the Buddha on the day of the full moon without being summoned so that they could be ordained by the Buddha himself. Each temple in Thailand holds a candlelight procession called a wian thian. Monks and congregation members circle three times around the ordination hall clockwise holding flowers, incense and a lighted candle.
Artists in Beijing perform a dragon dance to celebrate Lunar New Year, as the country's Year of the Dragon kicks off this Saturday. IMAGES
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