A believer lights butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. (Photos: Xinhua)

The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps.

This year's festival falls on Thursday.

Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps.

Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps.

Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps.

A believer lights butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps.

Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps.

Believers light butter lamps at Taer Monastery in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Nov. 21, 2019. The Butter Lamp Festival celebrates the beginning of a new year on the Tibetan calendar and is an occasion to pray for happiness and good health by lighting butter lamps.