# Pilgrimage in Tibet

**Source**: https://oia.osu.edu/2020-international-photography-exhibition/pilgrimage-tibet
**Parent**: https://oia.osu.edu/2020-international-photography-exhibition

"Pilgrimage in Tibet"\
Location: Tibet, China\
Date: May 2020\
Photographer: Zheng Guan\
University Affiliation: Undergraduate Student\
Home Country: China\
Category: Arts & Culture\
Award: Honorable Mention\
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In the artist’s own words: "This is the first time I saw pilgrimage in my life when I was traveling from Chengdu (Szechwan, China) to Lhasa (Tibet, China), and I found this tradition is popular in Tibet as I saw other groups of them later in my journey. I asked some of them about the reasons for doing things like taking three steps with a kowtow and traveling for thousands of miles only on foot. They told me that this tradition is only for the Tibetan Buddhist who thinks that this is a way to show the pious to the Buddha, which could bless their families and bring luckiness to themselves."

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