How do Tibetans spend the Spring Festival?

In our general thinking, the Spring Festival generally refers to the first day of the first month, which is the first day of the year. Also known as the Lunar New Year, commonly known as "Chinese New Year". For Tibetans, the Spring Festival may also be a special festival for their nation. Do you know the Tibetan Spring Festival custom? Next, I will tell you about Tibetan Spring Festival customs. Let's have a look!

Tibetan Spring Festival custom

On the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month, Tibetans in rural areas began to clean houses and courtyards, paint walls and put up New Year pictures, which were regarded as "plague gods".

On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, every household smeared pots and pans with mud, washed the stove, and began to buy new year's goods, making snacks, fried cakes, jiaozi and so on.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Tibetan families in pastoral areas cleaned the smoke and dust in tents. On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Tibetans in rural areas used to put a fist-sized ice cube on the wall of their manor every once in a while, and also put ice cubes in their fields, tree gardens and other places to show good luck, but some people died at home. At 0: 00 on October 29th, 65438/kloc-0, the people in the village opened their doors to welcome guests, and the children put on brand-new Tibetan costumes and shuttled through the village in droves until dawn. At night, everyone has a lucky money in his hand.

On New Year's Eve, the whole family, old and young, get together for a "New Year's Eve". The richer the meal, the better, to show a happier life in the coming year.

According to the local Tibetan custom of celebrating the New Year, on New Year's Eve, the house should be closed and outsiders are not allowed to enter, so as not to be disturbed by "monsters" in the coming year. In the past, Tibetans here only celebrated the Tibetan New Year, but now the Spring Festival is also welcomed by local people. During the Spring Festival, not only Tibetan and Chinese traditions and customs are integrated, but the atmosphere is becoming more and more warm.

On Tibetan New Year's Eve, people put on colorful costumes, grotesque masks, and played music with suona, conch and drum, in pursuit of a grand and grand "jumping god meeting". The boys danced wildly and sang loudly, indicating that they would bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, exorcising evil spirits and reducing happiness. On the morning of the new year, women will pick "auspicious water" to wish good luck in the new year.

The local Tibetans' homes are decorated with lanterns, and the kang tables and bars at home are filled with exquisite food and drinks such as white wine, beer and fried dumplings. When the guests come home, the host will treat them warmly. Tongren County is a famous "hometown of Buddhism" in Tibetan areas. There are many Tibetan Buddhist temples and pagodas everywhere. On New Year's Eve, local Tibetans hung colored lights on many pagodas, which set off the festive atmosphere and made it crystal clear from a distance.

Sending messages to distant relatives and friends on New Year's Eve is also very popular, which is fast and convenient.

At 2 o'clock in the morning of the first day of junior high school, men, women and children put on new holiday costumes and put on tables, and the younger generation kowtowed to their elders in turn to pay New Year greetings. Then the old people dressed up and sat down, waiting for the young people in the village to come to pay New Year's greetings. At the beginning of the new year, people from all walks of life bless each other. Every time "Rosell Sana 'a" is called, the host immediately replies "Rosell Sana 'a", and then the younger generation toasts the elders to show the New Year greetings. The elders gave them wine tasting, thanked them and offered greetings to the younger generation.

After the next day, people go to visit relatives and friends with gifts such as snacks, tea and hada.

During the Spring Festival, every household invites neighbors, relatives and friends to drink New Year's tea, eat New Year's Eve, drink and sing, which is very lively. This festive atmosphere lasted until the fifteenth day of the first month.

Tibetans celebrate the New Year according to their own calendar. The Tibetan calendar is similar to the Han Chinese lunar calendar. The Tibetan calendar year usually comes within a few days after the Spring Festival of the Han nationality. On the day before New Year's Eve, when the sun is about to set, every household dumps dirty water and dirt to the west, so that those dirty things can be removed with the setting of the sun, as a sign to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, hoping that people will prosper and everything will grow.

On New Year's Eve, there will be a grand "God Jump". People dressed in gorgeous costumes and grotesque masks, accompanied by conch, drum, suona and other musical instruments, sing and dance, madly bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, exorcise evil spirits and reduce happiness. On New Year's Eve, children like to eat oil cakes, milk cakes, blood sausage, hand-grabbed meat and so on. On the morning of New Year's Day, women will go to the river or the well to fetch water, which symbolizes the good luck, health and longevity of the whole family. Then, every household put a symbolic offering "bamboo as a horse" on the eye-catching red table. "Bamboo Horse" is a kind of ingot-shaped long colored basin, similar to the grain bucket in Han area. One end is filled with wheat grains, and the other end is filled with cakes made of white sugar, ghee and highland barley powder, with several strings of dyed wheat ears and highland barley ears inserted on them. I hope that the five grains will be abundant and people and animals will prosper. Cheerful people gathered in the room with "bamboo, vegetables and horses", worshiping highland barley wine, offering Hada, singing and dancing and celebrating the Spring Festival.

Tibetan Spring Festival Dietary Customs

Tibetan calendar1On the evening of February 29th, every household will eat a lump of dough, which is called "ancient map" in Tibetan. Ancient is nine, sudden is porridge. There will be nine kinds of things wrapped in acne, which will be made of noodles one day and one month to show supreme dignity; Having a disk means being lazy; There are peppers, which means they have knives; Wool means that people who eat it are gentle and patient; There is carbon, which means that people who eat are black; There is salt, which means that people who eat are lazy; There is also bread with horns, which means that people who eat it love to lose their temper. No matter who eats what kind of acne, they will spit it out on the spot and everyone will laugh.

In the early morning of the first day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar, the hostess brought the first bucket of Chinese New Year's water and gave the whole family a cup of "Guandian" highland barley wine. She mixed it with milk residue, ginseng fruit and brown sugar, added Bazin and cooked it evenly. After that, the family sat down in the order of generations, then drank buttered tea and ate "Zhuo Ma Discount", which was brought by the eldest child of the whole family.

When eating, I will grab a few grains and scatter them in the sky to show my sacrifice to God. Then grab a little and put it in your mouth, and say "Tashildler" and other blessing words at the same time. After the ceremony, the oatmeal cooked by mutton is Tuba, which is called "Zhuotu" in Tibetan. This is breakfast.

At noon, you can eat vegetables, noodles, or catch mutton and Baba. In the evening, I will eat "Xiangzhai", a piece of mutton fried with ghee, with curry and cooked potato pieces mixed with hot ghee, and poured juice on rice to eat. This curry rice is one of the favorite foods of Tibetans. After dinner, everyone will respect each other with highland barley wine, buttered tea or sweet tea and eat fried fruit.

Eating these things in the Tibetan New Year is not very rich or grand for mainlanders. But in the New Year, the most important thing is for the family to have dinner together and have a happy New Year. Other ceremonies are not important.

Zhuang nationality's Spring Festival custom

Zhuang people's Spring Festival customs, such as picking new water, drinking spiritual water, dancing lions, jumping chickens and jumping spring cows, are full of affection and profound meanings.

After the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the dealer will be filled with the atmosphere of welcoming the New Year: sweeping the beams and making new year's goods such as meat dumplings, rice candy and glutinous rice cakes. In the evening, there was a crisp sound of knocking on cakes in front of and behind the village, and the fragrance filled the alleys of Zhuangcun.

On New Year's Eve, Zhuang families put up Spring Festival couplets, set off firecrackers, reunite with their families and have a happy reunion. We should also make a good meal on New Year's Eve, so that more and more people can be lucky. In the evening, people are waiting for the arrival of midnight: girls draw flowers and embroider flowers, children want to set off fireworks, and the old man teaches new songs ... When midnight comes, firecrackers are ringing, and the quiet mountain village suddenly boils.

On the first day of the Spring Festival, before it was as white as a fish belly, peasant women and villagers came in droves to fetch water from the mountain spring and the river near the village. The peasant woman carries fresh water for the whole family, and at the same time, she has to pick up some stones similar to livestock to go home. And imitate the sounds of six animals along the way. When I got home, I put these stones in pigsty and cowshed to bless the prosperity of six animals. Then pour new water into the pot and boil it with brown sugar, bamboo leaves, chopped green onion and ginger, so that the whole family can drink the New Year tea boiled with new water. It is said that this new year's tea will make people happy. Old people drink healthy and live a long life, children drink smart and capable, and husband and wife will live in harmony after drinking. Zhuang villagers have the custom of drinking spiritual water when drawing fresh water. Near the morning, the spring is bright, and the girls gather at the spring and take turns counting the stars. When there was only one star left in the sky, they began to drink new water. The village recognized "clever sister-in-law" accompanied the girls to drink new water. Everyone thinks that you will be smart if you drink the water from a smart sister-in-law, so it is called "smart water". First-hand water should be awarded to the first girl who comes to the fountain, and everyone can drink second-hand water. The clever eldest sister-in-law carries water, which makes the girls want to drink, but she can't stop. She also said many interesting words, and the whole fountain was filled with girls' laughter. The spirit water on the first day of the Lunar New Year is the emotional pursuit of girls looking forward to the future. Who doesn't want to be smart? Who doesn't want to find a satisfied husband in the new year? Therefore, this kind of smart water on New Year's Day is a must for girls.

From the first day to the fifteenth day, rich dishes and endless warmth depend on the fire in the stove. Therefore, the banker's fire cannot be extinguished within one year, which symbolizes the prosperity of the family and the continuation of future generations.

The strong family's New Year wishes are not just veiled, but sincere wishes. On New Year's Day, friends, relatives and neighbors should say "Happy New Year" and "Congratulations on getting rich" when they meet. On the second day, my daughter and son-in-law took their children back to their parents' home to pay New Year greetings. Grandparents and grandmothers are very happy to see their grandchildren kissing and hugging.