What are the traditional Tibetan festivals?

There are many Tibetan festivals, basically every month. January in Tibetan calendar is the month with the most festivals and the most solemn. There are festivals almost every day in this month. Tibetan festivals are the most important manifestation of Tibetan culture. Tibetan Buddhism has a history of 1300 years in China and Tibet, and has become a part of Tibetan people's life. Due to its far-reaching influence, Tibetan festivals have a strong religious color, and some have evolved into purely religious festivals.

The Snowdon Festival is one of the important festivals for Tibetans in Tibet. Every July, the activities of sunbathing Buddha are held for four or five days a day. 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 menstrual period is forbidden from June 15 to July 30 every year in the Tibetan calendar. In order to avoid stepping on insects, lamas in temples and monasteries are not allowed to go out, and 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 to offer sacrifices, forming the Snowdon Festival.

The Buddhist Calendar Festival is held in Tashilhunpo Monastery by monks and laymen in Shigatse, Tibet, in May of the Tibetan calendar every year. Tashilhunpo (Tibetan transliteration "Auspicious Xumishan Mountain") 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.

The Festival of Praying for the New Year is the most solemn in Tibetan areas, which is not only a large-scale religious activity, but also a folk festival. The Tibetan name is "Morangchebo". 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, Running 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.

Tibetan (Tibetan:? ) is one of the 56 ethnic groups in China, and is an indigenous of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In China, they are mainly distributed in Xizang Autonomous Region, Qinghai and western Sichuan, as well as in Diqing, Yunnan and Gannan, Gansu. In addition, there are Tibetans from India, Bhutan, the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia. Lhasa is a sacred place in the hearts of Tibetans. At present, the Tibetan population in the world is about 7.5 million, and that in China is about 7 million (20 16), and the Tibetan population is conservatively estimated to be above100000.

Tibetans have their own language and writing. Tibetan language belongs to the Sino-Tibetan branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family, which is divided into three dialects: Wei-Zang, Kang and Amdo.

Tibetans generally believe in Tibetan Buddhism. Buddhism was introduced into Tubo from Tianzhu in the 7th century, with a history of 1400 years. People in Xizang has created a splendid national culture, leaving a very rich cultural heritage in literature, music, dance, painting, sculpture, architectural art and so on. Tibetan carving skills are superb. In addition, Tibetan opera is unique, and Tibetan medicine is also an important heritage of mankind.