Panchen Lama returns to Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze, China's Tibet
Buddhist monks wait in line for the arrival of the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu in Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 27, 2018. The Panchen Lama returned to Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze on Friday after a series of Buddhist and social activities in Lhasa. (Xinhua/Chogo)
The 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu (L, front) returns to Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 27, 2018. The Panchen Lama returned to Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze on Friday after a series of Buddhist and social activities in Lhasa. (Xinhua/Chogo)
The 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu receives an offering of the "Qiema", a rectangular wooden box containing roasted barley and fried wheat grain which carries auspicious meanings, upon his return to Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 27, 2018. The Panchen Lama returned to Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze on Friday after a series of Buddhist and social activities in Lhasa. (Xinhua/Chogo)
Buddhist monks wait in line for the arrival of the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu in Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 27, 2018. The Panchen Lama returned to Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze on Friday after a series of Buddhist and social activities in Lhasa. (Xinhua/Chogo)
Buddhist monks wait in line for the arrival of the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu in Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 27, 2018. The Panchen Lama returned to Tashilumpo Monastery in Xigaze on Friday after a series of Buddhist and social activities in Lhasa. (Xinhua/Chogo)