The Tibetans are an ethnic group with many festivals, according to the Tibetan calendar, there are more than one hundred festivals in a year, almost every month there are festivals, and the contents and forms of festivals are colorful and diverse, including rituals, agriculture, commemorations, celebrations, social play and many other projects. The main festivals are:
One, the Tibetan New Year
The Tibetan people called the New Year for "Losar". The Tibetan New Year in ancient times had a ripe wheat for the first year or wheat harvest for the first year, is in the summer and fall. Tibetan New Year is equivalent to the Chinese New Year, is the biggest festival of the year. Starting from the middle of December of the Tibetan calendar, people prepare for the New Year by eating, wearing and using festive items. Thousands of farmers and herdsmen flock to Lhasa to buy all kinds of New Year's goods. This is the busiest season of the year in Lhasa.
Two, Saga Dawa Festival
April 15 is the Tibetan Saga Dawa Festival. About it there are two ways of saying: one says it is to commemorate the day of Sakyamuni became a Taoist; one says it is to commemorate the day of Princess Wencheng arrived in Lhasa. This day all over Tibet to hold religious commemorative activities. Tibetan people in Yunnan, some of them have to go to the Dharma Mountain in Weixi County pilgrimage, there is a "turn Ge La" (around the mountain) ceremony.
Three, wangguo festival
Wangguo festival is one of the traditional Tibetan festivals in Tibet. The festival period for one to three days ranging. Every year in July, the grain harvest is expected, Tibetans will carry the scroll around the field, wishing a good harvest. At the same time held horse racing, archery, cultural performances and other activities.
Four, Snowdon
Snowdon festival is a traditional Tibetan festival, originated in the 11th century. Tibetan language "snow" means "yogurt", "ton" means "banquet", Snow Festival that is the yogurt festival, held every Tibetan calendar held on June 30, for a period of four or five days. According to Buddhist regulations, monk bhikkhus are forbidden to go out for a period of time. In summer, the Tibetan calendar at the end of June period, bhikkhu out of the temple down the mountain, the secular people to yogurt for alms.
Five, white to chase the festival
Tibetan calendar on October 15 is the annual Tibetan traditional festival - white to chase the day, that is, "auspicious day mother festival".
To celebrate the festival, women deliberately dress up on this day and pray in front of the statue of the Heavenly Mother in Bailazam. Tibet since ancient times, regardless of the rich and poor to the younger generation, monks, children, the custom of alms, children in this day is the happiest, early in the morning to parents to "Bai Lai Ri chasing" holiday pocket money.
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