What are the customs of Mid-Autumn Festival in Tibet?

What are the customs of Mid-Autumn Festival in Tibet? Are there any traditional customs for Mid-Autumn Festival in Tibet? In China, Mid-Autumn Festival is a very important festival for us. On this day, all parts of the country have their own ways to celebrate, except for having a reunion and eating moon cakes. So is there a traditional custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Tibet?

The custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Tibet;

Sacrifice the moon. The annual Mid-Autumn Festival is also a long-standing custom of the Tibetan people in Zhuoni. When the moon rises, a table of incense is set up for the moon, and sacrifices such as moon cakes, apples, plums and grapes are placed to burn incense and light lamps. Then the whole family kowtowed and prayed for their health and good luck.

The custom of Tibetan compatriots in some parts of Tibet to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival is "searching for the moon". That night, young men, women and dolls, along the river, followed the bright moon reflected in the water, took pictures of the moon shadows in the surrounding ponds, and then went home to eat moon cakes.

Plant a roof flag. Many Jiarong Tibetans not only celebrate family reunion and Yue Bai on this day, but also plant roof flags in a big way, which is a Tibetan holiday custom. Every household will hang a red, yellow and white tricolor cloth flag engraved with Tibetan scriptures on the roof. Pray for disaster. Flags vary in height and color. Some have white background and red edges, and some have red, yellow and black stripes. Flags are mostly rectangular, but there are also squares and triangles. Some people tied flags to flagpoles, while others tied flags to tree trunks. Some broadcast a flag, and some plant several flags, which is not only a sacrifice to the gods, but also a celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Eat moon cakes. Mid-Autumn Festival means reunion. At this time of the year, Tibetan compatriots in Zhuoni will go home for a reunion dinner. At the dinner table, earth moon cakes are not necessary. Zhuoni's "earth moon cake" is to knead the dough into a round cake, spread honey, sprinkle with raisins, peanuts, walnuts and other ingredients, add overlapping cakes, squeeze out lace, draw various patterns, steam it in a steamer for 20 minutes and then take it out of the pot.