What festivals and customs do Tibetans have?

The formation of Tibetan festivals can be traced back to distant historical periods. In the long-term development process, Tibetan thoughts and aesthetic implications have created their own unique and dazzling festival cultural system. Due to the profound influence of Buddhism on Tibetans, Tibetan festival culture has a strong religious color.

1, January in Tibetan calendar is the month with the most festivals and the most solemn. In this month, festivals are held almost every day. Tibetan festivals are the most important manifestation of Tibetan culture. Tibetan Buddhism has a history of more than 65,438+0,300 years in China and Tibet, and has become a part of life in people in Xizang. Due to its far-reaching influence, Tibetan festivals have a strong religious color, and some have evolved into purely religious festivals.

2. The Snowdon Festival is one of the important festivals for Tibetan people in Tibet. It is held on July 1 day every year for four or five days. Xuedun Festival is a Tibetan translation, which means "yogurt feast", so Xuedun Festival is interpreted as a festival for drinking yogurt. According to the regulations of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism (Yellow Sect), the Tibetan calendar is forbidden from June 15 to July 30 every year. Lamas in temples and monasteries are not allowed to go out to avoid stepping on insects. They can only go down the mountain after lifting the ban on July 30. When the Lama went down the mountain, farmers and herdsmen took out yogurt for sacrifice, forming the Snowdon Festival.

3. The Buddha's Birthday Festival held in Tashilhunpo Temple in the Tibetan calendar of Shigatse, Tibet every May. Tashilhunpo Temple is the fourth largest temple of Gelug Sect of Lamaism (Yellow Sect). At the foot of Mount Nisai Ri in Shigatse, Tibet, is where the Panchen Lama lives in Tin.

4. The Festival of Praying for the New Year is the biggest activity in Tibetan areas, which is not only a large-scale religious activity, but also a folk festival. It is called "Morangchebo" in Tibetan. There are two kinds of grand activities in Tibetan areas in this area. One is the Gelug Prayer Festival; One is the primitive Tibetan religion, Benbo Prayer Festival. These two prayer festivals are the same. They are held twice a year, once on June 15th of the lunar calendar and once on the first to third day of the first lunar month. The prayer festival in January is bigger than that in summer. There are also temples and followers of Benbo in this state, who still retain strong primitive religious customs. On the thirteenth or fourteenth day of the first month, people who come to attend the grand event will walk around the small Buddhist paradise behind Ganmei Temple. On the morning of the fifteenth day of the first month, the monks and lamas in the temple put on new robes, and the band in the temple blew the brass trumpets. Then the monks of the whole temple gathered in the lecture hall to recite scriptures, and the living Buddha arranged their duties on this day. At about 12, the monks performed a "Dancing with God" program (also known as "Visiting the Fairy Dance") for pilgrims and visitors from all over the world. The content of divine dance includes stories praising the unity of Tibetan and Han nationalities in history, and dances adapted from classic stories of Benbo religion.

Extended data

Tibetans originated from an agricultural tribe in the middle of the Yarlung Zangbo River basin. According to archaeological findings, as early as 4000 years ago, Tibetan ancestors flourished in the Yarlung Zangbo River basin. According to the historical records of China, Tibetans belong to a branch of the Western Qiang nationality in the Han Dynasty. Like many ancestors who experienced the Stone Age, Tibetan ancestors first went through the stage of gathering and hunting in groups and gradually learned to raise and cultivate. Tibetan ancestors in Yalong River area on the south bank of Yarlung Zangbo River were later divided into six tribes, namely six yak tribes. In the 6th century A.D., the leader of the Yalong River tribe became the leader of the tribal alliance, and was called the king ("Zanpu" in Tibetan).

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Baidu Encyclopedia: Tibetans