A sand mandala is on display in Dunhuang City, Northwest China’s Gansu Province, Sept. 20, 2017. It took 16 Tibetan monks half a year to finish the mandala, which is 6.5 meters in diameter and declared to be the biggest in the world by Hong Kong-based World Records Association. Mandala, an exquisite religious art of Tibetan Buddhism, are created by an intricate process that involves a variety of crafting, including hand painting, copper casting, sand laying, wood carving, and hand embroidering. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Yanmin)
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