What are the traditional Tibetan festivals?

Traditional Tibetan festivals include the Xuedun Festival, the Buddha Watching Festival, the Prayer Festival, the Fruit Watching Festival, the Buddha Watching Festival, the Absenteeism Festival and the Tibetan New Year.

Shoton/Sho Dun festival

In Tibetan, "snow" means yogurt, and "rice" means "eating" and "feast". Therefore, the Snowdon Festival is interpreted in Tibetan as a festival to eat yogurt. It is also called Tibetan Opera Festival or Buddha Exhibition Festival because there are grand and enthusiastic Tibetan Opera performances and grand Buddha drying ceremonies during the Snow Festival. The traditional Xuedun Festival begins with the exhibition of Buddha, with Tibetan opera performances and people's garden visits as the main contents, as well as wonderful yak races and equestrian performances.

2. Giant Buddha Festival

The Giant Buddha Festival has a history of more than 500 years. It was founded by Gendun Zhubayu 1468, a disciple of Zong Kaba, a master of Buddhist theory. The giant Buddha viewing festival is a religious activity that lasts for three days. During the three-day festival, Tashilhunpo Temple will display various Buddha statues for Buddhists to pay their respects.

3. Day of prayer

Praying for the New Year Festival is also a large-scale and grand religious activity among the Tibetan people. In Tibetan, the Tibetan name of the Prayer Festival is "Morangchebo". Prayer Festival is held twice a year, once on June 15th of the lunar calendar and once on January 1st to 3rd of the lunar calendar. In Tibetan areas of this state, there are two kinds of prayer festivals, one is the Gelugpa prayer festival; The other is the primitive Tibetan religion, Running Festival.

4. Fruit Festival

Guowang Festival, as its name implies, is a festival for Tibetan farmers to celebrate the harvest. Guo Wang Festival is popular in Lhasa, Shigatse, Shannan and other places in Xizang Autonomous Region. The time is between July and August in the Tibetan calendar every year, and the specific date changes with the change of agricultural time in various places. Generally, it is held two or three days after barley yellow ripening and before sickle harvesting. Therefore, the time arrangement of Guowang Festival is based on the township, which is decided collectively by the villagers according to the maturity of local crops.