Tibetan festivals

Diqing Tibetans mainly include Lunar New Year, Tibetan New Year, Molang Qinbo Dharma, May Horse Racing Festival, Baden City and Gedong Festival.

Lunar New Year: Most Tibetans in Diqing celebrate the Lunar New Year. The time is from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the festival activities are colorful and festive. In order to celebrate the Spring Festival, all kinds of new year's goods for eating, wearing, playing and using are generally organized from the beginning of1February. Before dinner on the 29th, dry flour should be sprinkled on the middle wall of the clean kitchen, and auspicious patterns should be drawn on the floor with dry flour. Others painted a lot of white dots on the beams, indicating that the house was full of food. On the evening of the 29th, exorcism activities were generally held, symbolizing eliminating the old and establishing the new, eliminating disasters and avoiding disasters.

On New Year's Eve, all kinds of fried fruits, buckets filled with wheat dregs, seedlings on the back, sheep's heads painted with various colors, candy, crisp tea and highland barley are placed on the kitchen cabinets or tables of every household to show piety. We should also do some interesting activities, such as trying on new clothes. The housewife will add brown sugar and broken milk residue to the cooked highland barley wine in the middle of the night for the family members who sleep under the covers.

On the first day of the new year, the rooster crowed for the first time. Housewives go to wells or springs to sprinkle grain and pick up the first bucket of clean water. Tibetans call it "Summer Song". After the whole family got up to wash the wrasse and drank enough livestock, the mother picked up the auspicious double bucket and wished the whole family "Tahide Del Pengsongxi" (good luck and happiness). So the whole family grabbed a handful of rotten bran in the bucket and threw it into the air, tasted a little, and made a wish to come back: "Ama Bazhu Gongkangsang" (May the loving mother be happy and healthy). After blessing each other, everyone will drink porridge and eat minced meat, bones and milk residue.

On the first and second days of the new year, we usually don't visit each other. On the third day, I began to visit relatives and friends and treat each other for a week. During the Chinese New Year, horse racing, yak racing, pot dancing, love dancing, singing folk songs, watching Tibetan operas and other activities are generally held.

Morangqin Boda Association: also known as the Great Buddhist Association. This is a traditional festival of Tibetan Buddhism. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Songzanlin Temple in Zhongdian held a grand ghee sculpture exhibition early in the morning, featuring various figures, animals and flowers. They are all made of five-color ghee. The height is several feet, and the smallest is several inches. The exhibition is exquisite, peculiar and lifelike. During the day, activities such as welcoming Buddha and turning scriptures are held. Thousands of people from various villages gathered in Songzanlin Temple to celebrate a large prayer meeting. The atmosphere was mysterious and jubilant.

Horse racing festival: On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, China and Romanian Tibetans celebrate the traditional horse racing festival. At the foot of Wufeng Mountain in Zhongdian County, we set up a tent among rhododendrons, prepared a sumptuous picnic and spent three pleasant days. Watch the wonderful riding competitions of riders who come to various villages in Baiquan County. These events include traditional Tibetan equestrian, horse racing, speed racing and picking up Hada. In addition, a song and dance performance was held, presenting song and dance stunts from all over the country. The May Horse Racing Festival is also a grand gathering for spiritual civilization activities and material exchanges in Tibetan areas.

Baden: Zuniru is one of the Tibetan traditional festivals with strong local characteristics, and it is also a productive traditional festival in Tibetan agricultural areas. On the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, a cow like a Tibetan heart will hold a grand Baden Festival. During the festival, men, women and children put on festive costumes, collectively offering sacrifices to mountain gods, immortals caves and chanting Mani Sutra, to eliminate disasters and exorcise evil spirits, and to pray for abundant crops, prosperous livestock and prosperous population. In addition, horse racing, target shooting, bullfighting, pot dancing and other recreational activities are also held. Visit relatives and friends in your spare time.

"Ge Dong" Festival: Also called Jumping God Festival. One of the traditional festivals of Tibetan Buddhism in Songzanlin Temple in Zhongdian. "Ge Dong" Festival was held in Tibetan calendar129 October, with mask dancing as the main way. Masks mainly include bull heads, crows and red deer. Beautiful and warm, lasting for a day.