What festivals are there in Lhasa?

The festivals in Lhasa are: Tibetan New Year, Sagadawa Festival, Shelton Festival, Universal Festival and Lantern Festival. Among them, the Lantern Festival commemorates the death of Zong Kaba, a master of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. When the Tibetan calendar1October 25th arrives, the starlight in Lhasa reflects the lights and becomes a sea of butter lamps, as if it were a magical world.

Holidays in Lhasa I. Tibetan New Year

Tibetan New Year is the most solemn traditional festival of Tibetan people in a year. Starting from the Tibetan calendar 65438+ 10/month, Tibetans will hold various folk activities to celebrate the Tibetan New Year. The Tibetan New Year falls around February of the Gregorian calendar every year, which is very close to the traditional Lunar New Year in China.

Second, Sagadawa Festival.

Enter Sagadawa on the first day of April in the Tibetan calendar every year (probably in May of the Gregorian calendar every year); In this religious festival, believers who firmly believe in Tibetan Buddhism will turn their scriptures, light lamps, be vegetarian and set free, which is one of the important religious festivals.

Third, the Shelton Festival.

Lhasa Xuedun Festival is one of the biggest, largest and richest festivals in Tibet. The main activities of the Snowdon Festival include: displaying Buddha statues, dancing Tibetan operas and crossing Karin (the so-called picnic of the Han nationality).

Fourth, the fruit festival

Guowang Festival is a folk festival to wish a good harvest. On this day, people in agricultural areas will dress up and fly colorful flags around the land. There is this festival every year before the autumn harvest, but the maturity of crops varies from place to place, so the time of the fruit festival is different.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) Lantern Festival

Lighting butter lamps is a traditional custom of the Lantern Festival. On this day, in Tibetan temples, believers lit butter lamps at home to pay tribute to Master Zong Kaba. Whether in temples or in the homes of believers, butter lamps needed for the Lantern Festival should be prepared a few days in advance.