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In a remote, mountainous area of China’s Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the Bliss Dharma Assembly—the last of four annual assemblies of Tibetan Buddhists—took place at the end of October, at the Larung Wuming Buddhist Institute.

The following are captivating images of the people and their surroundings. The weeklong gathering takes place in the ninth month of the Tibetan calendar to mark Buddha's descent from the heavens.

The Larung Wuming Buddhist Institute is seen on October 30, 2015 in the Larung Valley of Sertar County, in the remote Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.

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

A Tibetan Buddhist nomad spins a mani khor-lo, or “prayer wheel,” as he sits on a hillside during 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.

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

A Tibetan Buddhist nomad woman prepares tea at dusk following a chanting session as part of the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly at the Larung Wuming Buddhist Institute on October 31, 2015, in Sertar County, China.

Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns make tea from yak butter and milk before a morning chanting session.

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

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

A Tibetan Buddhist monk walks past dwellings on her way to a chanting session as part of the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly.

A Tibetan Buddhist woman carries her son in the crowd on a hillside overlooking a chanting session.

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

A Tibetan girl walks through smoke from juniper burned as a blessing, on her way to a morning chanting session at the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly.

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

Vultures that consume the bodies of the dead in a traditional ritual called “sky burial” fly over a crowd at the Tibetan Buddhist site where the ritual takes place on November 1, 2015.

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

A Tibetan Buddhist nomad listens during the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly.

Tibetan people walk home from a chanting session.

Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns walk home from the annual Bliss Dharma Assembly.

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

Tibetan Buddhist nuns read a religious book in their tent at a campsite following a chanting session

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