Life in people in Xizang

Taboos in Tibetan life Tibetans are an ancient and enthusiastic people, and in the long history, they have also formed their own living habits and taboos.

1. When receiving guests, whether walking or talking, always put the guests or elders first, and use honorifics, such as adding the word "la" after the name to show respect and kindness, and avoid calling them by their first names. You should bend your knees and smile when welcoming guests. Sit indoors, cross-legged, don't straighten your legs, point your feet at people, and don't look around. When accepting a gift, you should take it with both hands. When giving gifts, bow your head and raise your hands above your head. When offering tea, toast and cigarettes, offer them with both hands and don't put your fingers into the bowl.

2. The biggest taboo of Tibetans is killing, and the ordained Buddhists are even more strict in this respect. Although they eat beef and mutton, they don't kill themselves. Tibetans are absolutely forbidden to eat donkey meat, horse meat and dog meat, and some areas do not eat fish.

Don't eat, bite or drink water loudly when eating.

4. When drinking butter tea, the host pours the tea, and the guest can only take it if the host holds it in front of him.

5. Don't spit on others' backs, and don't clap your hands.

6. When encountering religious facilities such as monasteries, mani piles and stupas, you must go around from left to right, while people who believe in Boni religion go around from right. Don't step over utensils or braziers.

7. The warp tube and the warp wheel shall not be reversed.

8. Don't let others touch your head.

9. When entering a temple, smoking, touching Buddha statues, turning over scriptures, ringing bells and drums are prohibited. For religious objects such as amulets and rosaries worn by lamas, it is forbidden to touch them; Be quiet in the temple, sit upright and avoid sitting on the seat of the living Buddha; Avoid making noise, hunting and killing at will near the temple.

10. Don't send and receive items with one hand. When the host pours tea, the guest must pour the tea bowl forward with both hands to show respect.

1 1. Avoid defecating where cows, horses and sheep are tied.

12. After entering the counting room in Tibetan areas, men sit on the left and women sit on the right, and they are not allowed to sit together.

13. Avoid throwing bones into the fire.

14. Tibetan family patients or women will mark the front door when giving birth. Some make a fire outside the door, and some stick branches or red cloth at the door. Please don't go in when outsiders see this sign.

15. Tibetans generally don't eat fish, chicken and eggs, so don't force them to eat. But now this eating habit has changed a lot.

16. Everyone has a bad day and a good day. When the days are bad, I can't do anything, so I can only recite scriptures at home or go out to worship Buddha. People believe that every earthly branch of the Tibetan calendar is over, and the beginning of the second earthly branch is a bad year. For example, everyone's 13 years old, 25 years old, 37 years old and 49 years old (and so on) are all bad years or "year-end", so be especially careful. Read more scriptures, Dobusch, to avoid disaster.

17. You can't cross over, you can't step on other people's clothes, you can't put your own clothes on other people's clothes, and you can't cross people.

18. Hanging clothes, especially pants, socks and underwear, can't be hung where everyone passes by.

19. When using brooms and dustpans, you can't pass them directly by hand. You must put them on the ground first, and then another person will pick them up from the ground.

20. When eating, the bowl must be held in your hand, and you can't bend over on the table to eat.