Monks attend a ceremony to celebrate Buddha's birthday at the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, central China's Henan province May 24. Buddhists take part in a ceremony to celebrate Buddha's birthday at the Longhua Temple in Shanghai. Monks pray at the Yufo Temple. A Chinese Buddhist holds candle as she prays. A monk pours a kind of liquid medicine onto a statue of Buddha.

(China Daily May 25, 2007)