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Mholangchenmo Festival
This festival was first initiated in 1409 by the founder of Gelu -- pa sect, in honor of Sakyamuni, who succeeded in debating againt other believes in India. At the first stage of the festival, only lhamas from Sera, Tsepung and Ganden monasteries did preaching before the Sakyamuni statue in Jokhang temple, as time goes, it became grander and time extended. After the Fifth Dalai lhama died in 1682, in honor of him, the Regent set the festival to be held from 4th day of the Tibet new year by Tibetan calendar to 25th of the new year. At this duration, hundreds of thousands of lhamas of all ranks will gather at Lhasa, set up their own notion on the Buddhism scripiture study, and debated with others, tried to win recognition from public. A grand test will be held here to examine and select the top 16 from the examines. |
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