Tibetan Buddhists visit a shrine adorned with fake skulls at the sky burial site near the Larung Wuming Buddhist Institute, on October 31, 2015. #

Dwellings where Tibetan Buddhist nuns and monks live are seen on a hillside at Larung Wuming Buddhist Institute, on October 30, 2015. #

Tibetan Buddhist nomads listen during the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly, on October 31, 2015, in Sertar County. #

Tibetan Buddhist monks, nuns, and lay-people walk home from a chanting session as part of the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly, on October 30, 2015. #

A Tibetan Buddhist monk prays with lay people on a hillside during a morning chanting session, on October 30, 2015, in Sertar County. #

A Tibetan Buddhist shrine lined with fake skulls at the sky burial site near the Larung Wuming Buddhist Institute on October 31, 2015. #

A Tibetan Buddhist nomad boy at the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly, on October 30, 2015. #

Tibetan Buddhist nomads pray during a morning chanting session as part of the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly, on October 30, 2015. #

The Larung Wuming Buddhist Institute, photographed on October 30, 2015, in the Larung Valley of Sertar County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China. #

Tibetan Buddhist nomads pray during the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly, on November 1, 2015. #

Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns walk home from the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly, on November 1, 2015. #

A Tibetan Buddhist nomad listens during the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly, on October 31, 2015. #

Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns walk home from the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly at the Larung Wuming Buddhist Institute, on November 1, 2015. #

A Tibetan Buddhist nomad carries his daughter in the crowd on a hillside, on October 31, 2015. #