What does the Tibetan New Year mean?

Tibetan New Year is a traditional festival of Tibetan people, and Bhutan and Mongolia, which are deeply influenced by Tibetan culture, also celebrate Tibetan New Year [2], but the calculation method of Tibetan New Year is different from that of Lunar New Year. The Tibetan New Year of 20 10 falls on February 14, the same day as the Lunar New Year. In 2009, the Tibetan New Year is February 25th, and the Spring Festival is 1 October 26th, which is later than the Spring Festival1month. The 2008 Tibetan New Year and the 20 15 Spring Festival are the same day.

According to historical documents and research results at home and abroad, Tibetans had a calendar before the Tubo Dynasty was established. Observing from the phenological calendars of ancient Tibetans, before Tubo unified the plateau, the main popular calendars in various places were lunar calendar and solar calendar. The calculation of the monthly calendar of Shannan Yala shampoo textile old woman is basically a solar calendar with the sun, moon and sky as time units. "Sentence day" (7 days is a week) is very important for Tibetan calendar calculation, and it is also the most important data in Tibetan calendar. In addition to the lunar calendar, there is also the solar calendar algorithm. The Algorithm of Elephant Male and Old Population is a typical solar calendar, with 365 days a year. Of course, it is still in the natural calendar stage [3].

20 1 1 On May 23rd, the Tibetan New Year was approved by the State Council to be included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.