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满拉水库的雪景，日喀则，中国西藏自治区 Snow Scenery Of Manla Reservoir In Shigatse, Xizang Autonomous Region of China (© Zhang Zhenqi/VCG via Getty Images)

极致的冬日景色 The ultimate winter scenery

满拉水库，中国西藏自治区

冬至既有自然的内涵，也有人文的内涵。从自然角度看，冬至是二十四节气中的一个重要节气，冬至过后，我国各地气候进入最寒冷的阶段。从文化角度看，这一天也是中华民族的传统节日，全国各地都会举行不同的文化习俗来庆祝这个节气的到来。

今天图片中的，是位于中国西藏自治区的雪山和满拉水库。满拉水库位于西藏日喀则地区江孜县龙马乡境内年楚河上游,以灌溉、发电为主,兼有防洪、旅游等综合效益的大型水利建设项目。而满拉水库所在的日喀则地区正是珠穆朗玛峰所在地。这里的自然资源丰厚珍贵，并且拥有丰富的历史文化底蕴。

朝圣者将风马旗扔向甘登寺上方的空中为新年祈福，中国西藏 Pilgrims throwing wind horses into the air above Ganden Monastery for the New Year in Tibet, China (© Ian Cumming/plainpicture)

Wind horses carry wishes for a new year

For the first day of Losar, or the Tibetan New Year, we're paying a visit to these Buddhist pilgrims at the Ganden Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet. Losar is celebrated for 15 days, but most events occur in the first three days. They include wishing family members a prosperous year, praying at monasteries or temples, exchanging gifts, burning incense, chanting, wrestling, horse racing, and more. Celebrations for the new year end with Chotrul Duchen, or the Butter Lamp Festival. The pilgrims in today's image are releasing prayer flags called 'wind horses' or lungtas, a ritual they perform during Losar and during the rest of the year as well. Upon releasing the prayer flags, the pilgrims ask the mountain deity to 'increase their fortune like the galloping of a horse and expand their prosperity like the boiling over of milk.'