What are the traditional Tibetan festivals?

Tibetan New Year is a traditional New Year for the Tibetan people and one of the most solemn festivals in Tibet. Temple monks and laymen celebrate together. Family activities such as go-karting, putting on "cutting horses", exorcising ghosts, eating "ancient gifts", carrying water and paying New Year greetings are similar in importance to the Chinese New Year in mainland China.

2. Snowden Festival

The Snowdon Festival is the biggest festival in Tibet. The Snowdon Festival is a festival for eating yogurt. People will provide yogurt to monks and ask for blessings. It has gradually evolved into a festival integrating traditional Buddhist exhibitions, cultural performances, sports competitions, investment promotion, economic and trade negotiations, commodity display, tourism and leisure.

3. Fruit Festival

Guowang Festival is a festival for Tibetan farmers to celebrate the harvest, which is popular in Lhasa, Shigatse and Shannan in Xizang Autonomous Region. "Looking at the fruit" is to circle around the field where the harvest is in sight to express prayers and blessings for the harvest. The festival time varies with the changes of farming in different places, and it is usually held two or three days before the yellow harvest of barley.

4. Bath Festival

Bath Festival has a history of at least seven or eight hundred years in Tibet. During these seven days, children and old people will go to the river to take a bath. It is said that the river water in these seven days has eight advantages, one is sweet, the other is cool, the third is soft, the fourth is light, the fifth is clear, and the sixth is not smelly. Seven cups won't hurt your throat, and eight cups won't hurt your stomach.

5. Fairy Festival

Fairy Festival is the biggest festival for women in Lhasa. They will get up early to dress up, then go to Barkhor Street in Lhasa to stew mulberry and pray, and go to Jokhang Temple to offer Hadas's wish to the goddess. Women also have a privilege, that is, they can ask men or even strangers around them for gifts or red envelopes, and men generally give generously.