Tibetan calendar year is a traditional festival of Tibetan people, which is popular in China, Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan and other Tibetan areas. The Tibetan calendar year is the most important festival for the Tibetan people in a year, which is equivalent to the Spring Festival of the Han nationality. However, the calculation algorithm of the Tibetan calendar year is different from the Lunar New Year, and its time is from the first day to the third day of the Tibetan calendar year.
The Origin of Tibetan New Year
Tibetan calendar is a favorite calendar of Tibetan people. The present Tibetan calendar originated in 1027.
The chronology of the Tibetan calendar is basically the same as that of the trunk and branch of the lunar calendar, except that the heavenly stems are replaced by yin and yang and five elements, a is yang wood, b is yin wood, c is yang fire, d is yin fire, e is yang soil, oneself is yin soil, Geng is yang gold, Xin is yin gold, Ren is yang water and Gui is yin water. Replace earthly branches with zodiac signs. It is also a 60-year cycle, but it is called "Rao Qiong" instead of "Jia Zi". The first thermal cycle began in A.D. 1027, the year of Dingmao in the lunar calendar and the year of Rabbit in the Tibetan calendar.
Tibetan calendar is slightly different from lunar calendar. Instead of taking the new moon as the first day, the full moon is fixed at 15, so it sometimes differs from the lunar calendar by one or two days. Tibetan calendar and lunar calendar are basically the same, but the placement of leap months may be different, so sometimes the difference between leap years and lunar calendar is about one month. For example, the Tibetan New Year (Losar) in 2009 is February 25th of Gregorian calendar, which is 0/month from Lunar New Year.
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During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the astronomical almanac carried by Princess Wencheng in Tibet played an extremely important role in perfecting and developing the Tibetan calendar. Since then, the calculation method of Tibetan calendar has gradually been unified with the lunar calendar in the mainland. In the Yuan Dynasty, after King Basiba of the Sakya Sect became the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, the Sakya Sect, which was in charge of the whole Tibetan area at that time, promoted the use of a fully mature Tibetan calendar throughout the country. This legislation is fixed and has been used ever since.
The custom of Tibetan New Year
Custom of "New Year Pictures"
There are eight auspicious pictures on the painting of Ciba, such as umbrella, goldfish, Aquarius, lotus, conch, auspicious knot, victory building and golden wheel. Main food: acne and fried food.
Water lifting ceremony
On the first day of the new year, that is, the first day of the new year, every housewife has to carry back the first bucket of water in the new year and pour it into the clear water bowl in front of the Buddha statue.
Exorcism (ghost) ceremony
On Tibetan New Year's Eve, the head of a family walked around the house holding a torch, and kept shouting: "Go, go …" After the turn, he threw a torch at the intersection with the prepared ghost food, indicating that all bad luck and bad luck in this year will be driven out of the house, and the new year will have a new atmosphere.
Tree prayer banner
It is also the early morning of New Year's Day. People hang new prayer flags on the roof, praying for good weather in the new year and peace for the whole family.
Turn the scriptures into buddhas.
On the morning of New Year's Day, I rushed to the nearest temple early, offered butter lamps in front of the Buddha, and then turned scrolls around the temple.