Tibet Festival – Buddha Exhibition of Drepung Monastery

The Buddha Exhibition of Drepung Monastery during the Shoton Festival enjoys the same reputation with the Buddha Exhibition Festival of Tashilhunpo Monastery. There is a large number of tourists would like to make a Tibet tour during the festival so as to witness the magnificent Buddha Exhibition ceremony.

Buddha Exhibition of Drepung Monastery - Brief Introduction

Drepung Monastery is one of the three large monasteries in Lhasa and Shoton Festival is one of the most solemn festivals for Tibetans. Hence, the Buddha Exhibition of Drepung Monastery during the Shoton Festival means a lot to Tibetans and attracts a large number of tourists.

With the unfolding of the giant Thangka with a width of 20 meters and a length of 30 meters, the Tibetans would throw the Hada to the Thangka for supplication. There were even devout followers of Tibetan Buddhism would roll down with the Thangka from the hillside.

As the opening ceremony of Shoton Festival, the Buddha Exhibition of Drepung Monastery is pretty remarkable. The 500 square meters large Thangka of Sakyamuni would be unfolded on the hillside of the mountain behind of Drepung Monastery under the shine of the first sunshine in the morning. Thousands of followers of Tibetan Buddhism would prostrate themselves in the worship.

Buddha Exhibition of Drepung Monastery – Significance

Drepung Monastery was built by a famous disciple of Tsongkhapa (the founder of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism) in 1416. It is the largest Buddhism monastery in Tibet which covers an area of 0.25 million square meters.

It is reported that there were about 0.3 million people witness the Buddha Exhibition of Drepung Monastery during the Shoton Festival in 2011. Tourists could experience the great influence of the profound traditional Tibetan culture in the Buddha exhibition spot. Besides, we could also find the changes of the Tibetan life brought by the modern life style. They use mobile phones, wearing modern clothes while they are still devout followers of the Tibetan Buddhism.

The Buddha Exhibition of Drepung Monastery during the Shoton Festival means a lot to both the pilgrims and the tourists. It offers a chance to show the respect to the Buddha for Tibetans and enrich the Tibet festival tour of the tourists.