The East China city of Tai'an hosted the Xintai Lotus Flower Mountain Temple Fair on the sixth day of sixth month of Chinese lunar calendar.

Thousands of tourists flocked to the mountain on the day to experience folk culture among the serene landscape. Festivalgoers worship Guanyin, the Buddhist goddess of mercy, during a series of ceremonies that last from July 4 to 9.

Lotus Flower Mountain, located in Xintai County, Tai’an, East China’s Shandong province, is known as Mount Putuo in North China. [Photo/hksdjm]