What are the festivals in Tibet? What are the traditional Tibetan festivals?

Traditional Tibetan festivals include the Snowton Festival, the Buddha Watching Festival, the Prayer Festival, the Fruit Watching Festival and the Buddha Watching Festival.

1, Sheldon's Day. In Tibetan, "snow" means yogurt, and "rice" means "eating" and "feast". Therefore, the Snowdon Festival is interpreted in Tibetan as a festival to eat yogurt. The traditional Xuedun Festival begins with the exhibition of Buddha, with Tibetan opera performances and people's garden visits as the main contents, as well as wonderful yak races and equestrian performances.

2. Giant Buddha Festival. The Giant Buddha Festival has a history of more than 500 years. It was founded by Gendun Zhubayu 1468, a disciple of Zong Kaba, a master of Buddhist theory. The giant Buddha viewing festival is a religious activity that lasts for three days. During the three-day festival, Tashilhunpo Temple will display various Buddha statues for Buddhists to pay their respects.

3. Prayer Day. Praying for the New Year Festival is also a large-scale and grand religious activity among the Tibetan people. In Tibetan, the Tibetan name of the Prayer Festival is "Morangchebo". Prayer Festival is held twice a year, once on June 15th of the lunar calendar and once on January 1st to 3rd of the lunar calendar. In Tibetan areas of this state, there are two kinds of prayer festivals, one is the Gelugpa prayer festival; The other is the primitive Tibetan religion, Running Festival.

4. Fruit Festival. Guowang Festival, as its name implies, is a festival for Tibetan farmers to celebrate the harvest. Guo Wang Festival is popular in Lhasa, Shigatse, Shannan and other places in Xizang Autonomous Region. The time is between July and August in the Tibetan calendar every year, and the specific date changes with the change of agricultural time in various places. Generally, it is held two or three days after barley yellow ripening and before sickle harvesting. Therefore, the time arrangement of Guowang Festival is based on the township, which is decided collectively by the villagers according to the maturity of local crops.

5. Buddha Exhibition Festival. Also known as the Sun Buddha Festival, it is also a famous festival in Tibet and abroad. The time is from May 14 to 16 in the Tibetan calendar every year. Show three buddhas, one Buddha a day. The "Buddha of the past" on the first day, also known as the boundless Buddha of light, means to remind people of the past; On the second day, the statue of Sakyamuni "Buddha now" made by Qu Jima, the ninth Panchen Lama, made people pray for happiness in this life. On the third day, the "Buddha of the future", namely the Qiangba Buddha, made people look forward to the future.