What are the other customs of Tibetan opera

Tibetan opera customs have the opening ceremony play "A Ruowa", the main play "Xiong" and auspicious closing ceremony "Zhaxi".

In Tibetan opera, the identity of the same characters wearing the mask, its color and shape are basically the same, the king's mask is red, red on behalf of the majesty of the princess mask is green, green on behalf of the suppleness of the witch's mask blackboard white on behalf of the two sides of its three knives demon's mask green fangs to show that the repression and horror villagers' masks are stitched with a white or yellow cloth at the corners of the eyes and mouth! Sarcasm, digging out skulls and bones, simple and thick.

Tibetan opera is a very large theater system, due to the different natural conditions, living customs, cultural traditions, dialects and speech across the Tibetan Plateau, it has numerous artistic varieties and genres. Tibetan opera originated more than 600 years ago, more than 400 years earlier than Beijing Opera, which is regarded as a national treasure, and is regarded as a living fossil of Tibetan culture.

The origin of the Tibetan Opera Festival:

The festival is held annually on the first day of the seventh month of the Tibetan calendar, and lasts for four or five days. Xuedong is the translation of the Tibetan language, meaning "yogurt feast", so Xuedong Festival was interpreted as a festival of drinking yogurt. Later gradually evolved to perform Tibetan opera, also known as the "Tibetan Opera Festival". According to the provisions of Tibetan Buddhism Gelugpa (Yellow Sect), every year the Tibetan calendar June 15 to 30 for the forbidden period, the size of the temple lamas are not allowed to go out, so as not to step on the death of insects, to be lifted on June 30th after the ban on going down the mountain.

Lama down the mountain, farmers and herdsmen out of yogurt dedication, the formation of Snowdon Festival. Later, the activities of the Snowdon Festival gradually evolved into a Tibetan opera will be performed mainly, so some people also call it Tibetan opera festival.