Monks And Worshippers Celebrate Buddha's Birthday

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MAY 19: A Buddha statue is displayed for the ceremony of the 2565th birthday of Gautama Buddha at Jogye temple on May 19, 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. Since Buddhism was adopted as the official state religion during the Three Kingdoms Period (57 B.C.E. – 668 C.E.), it has established strong bonds with the common people through the centuries and currently has the second largest population among religious people in South Korea. The Buddha’s Birthday is one of the legal holidays in South Korea. (Photo by Woohae Cho/Getty Images)