What are the traditional Tibetan festivals?

Traditional Tibetan festivals include Daughter's Day, Guowang Festival, Xuedun Festival, Tibetan Bathing Festival and Lantern Festival.

1, Daughter's Day

Tibetans in Wenxian County, Gansu Province celebrate their "Daughter's Day" on the fourth and fifth day of the fifth lunar month, also known as the Flower Festival. During the festival, girls, accompanied by their brothers, put on gorgeous clothes, bring delicious food, go up the mountain to pick tea and sing, and toast each other with the young man to wish good luck.

2. Fruit Festival

"Guowang Festival" (meaning going to the fields) is one of the traditional Tibetan festivals in Tibet. This festival lasts for one to three days. Every July, when the grain harvest is in sight, Tibetans will walk around the fields with scrolls and wish the harvest. At the same time, horse racing, archery, cultural performances and other activities are held. Actors perform Tibetan opera in Potala Palace Square to celebrate the Snow Festival.

3. Snowden Festival

June 30th of the Tibetan calendar is the grand Snowdon Festival in Lhasa every year. "Snow" means "yogurt" and "meal" means "eating" in Tibetan, so the Snow Festival is also called "the festival of eating yogurt". Due to the grand exhibition of Buddha during this period, the Xuedun Festival, also known as the Buddha Exhibition Festival, is one of the most grand traditional festivals in Lhasa.

4. Bath Festival

The fourth day of August in the Tibetan calendar is a famous bathing festival in Tibet every year. Bath Festival is commonly known as the day when everyone takes a bath together. At that time, men, women and children will go to the river to take a bath, and the bedding and some furniture at home will be moved out and cleaned once. Every household will also set up tents in the shade of the river, buy some delicious food, get together with friends, raise a glass and sing loudly, which is very lively.

5. Lantern Festival

October 25th of the Tibetan calendar is the Lantern Festival in Tibet every year. Tibetan Calendar 14 191On October 25th, Master Zong Kaba, the founder of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, died as a Buddha. In memory of the leaders of the Gelug Sect, on this day every year, believers will hold grand sacrificial activities such as kowtowing, chanting and offering lanterns. Over time, this activity has become a traditional Lantern Festival.