What are the traditional Tibetan festivals?

Traditional Tibetan festivals include Tibetan New Year, Sagadawa Festival, Sutton Festival, Tibetan Bathing Festival, Auspicious Mother's Day and Lantern Festival.

1, Tibetan New Year

Like the Spring Festival of the Han nationality, the Tibetan New Year is a happy family festival and one of the most lively traditional festivals of the Tibetan people in a year. On the occasion of the Tibetan New Year, every household will clean up the house, prepare to "cut the horse", do "Gexi" and prepare all kinds of "new year's goods".

2. Sagadawa Festival

April 15 of the Tibetan calendar is the famous Sagadawa Festival in Tibet, also known as Foggy Day. April 15 in Tibetan calendar is an extraordinary day for Buddhist believers. The birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha (Sakyamuni) all occurred on April 15 of the Tibetan calendar. During the Sagadawa period, various Buddhist activities were held in various monasteries and temples in Tibet, and believers would turn to prayer.

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. Tibetan Bathing 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 (also known as Yellow Sect), died as a Buddha. In order to commemorate this outstanding Gelug leader, 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 tradition.