The Tibetan calendar is a calendar popular among the Tibetan people. The present Tibetan calendar originated in 1027 AD. The Tibetan calendar chronology is basically the same as the lunar calendar's stem-and-branch chronology, except that it replaces the heavenly stems with the five elements of yin and yang, with A being yang wood, B being yin wood, C being yang fire, D being yin fire, E being yang earth, F being yin earth, G being yang gold, C being yin gold, N being yang water, and D being yin water. Use the 12 zodiac signs instead of the earth's branches.
Also 60 years a cycle, but not called "A" and called "hot very (Rao Qiong)", the first hot very from the beginning of 1027 AD, when the lunar calendar is the year of dingmao, the Tibetan calendar for the year of the rabbit. 2007 (dinghaili year) for the The year 2007 (Dinghai) is the Year of the Yin-Fire Pig.
The Tibetan New Year is the biggest festival of the Tibetan nation, and the first and grandest of all Tibetan festivals. At that time, families get together, and there are numerous and lively celebrations of all kinds.
The first day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar for the Tibetan New Year, due to the different algorithms with the lunar calendar, the Tibetan New Year and the lunar New Year's date is not exactly the same, there are generally four kinds of situation: the first day of the first year of the Tibetan New Year and the first day of the first year of the Chinese New Year, completely overlap, difference of one day, difference of a month, or difference of a month and a day. 2005 Tibetan New Year and the Lunar New Year completely overlap with, the same is the February 9, is a good time for tourism. The first time I've ever seen a woman in the world, I've seen a woman in the world.
The Tibetan New Year is celebrated in the ancient city of Lhasa, the "Roof of the World", in a harmonious and lively manner, with many unique and joyful customs. As soon as the twelfth month of the Tibetan calendar begins, families get busy. Cleaning house, do Chema (that is, in a wooden painted with colorful patterns in a long two-griddle-shaped utensils filled with tsampa, milk residue, barley, etc., the top should be inserted into the barley cob and molded with exquisite sun and moon model of the ghee flowers), fried "Kasai" (a deep-fried food), and other New Year's Eve preparations.