What are the customs of Tibetan New Year?

Friends in Tibet have a very unique New Year, such as the Ministry of Industry New Year in Linzhi, the Pulan New Year in Ali and the Agricultural New Year in Shigatse. The Tibetan New Year is also a very grand festival. The date is not fixed, but it is related to the lunar calendar. What are the customs of Tibetan New Year?

1, the most common decoration of the carriage box in the New Year is the carriage box, which symbolizes "the harvest of five grains". The wooden box is divided into two small barrels, which are filled with highland barley grains and Ciba powder respectively, and the butter sculpture and Rosa Mei Duo are inserted, all of which symbolize beautiful things.

2. There is butter sculpture in the butter sculpture. It is very difficult to make, because butter will melt when it exceeds 25℃, and Tibetan craftsmen need to soak their hands in snow water to lower their body temperature. Such handicrafts are very popular in the New Year.

Rosa Mei Duo Rosa Mei Duo is actually a colorful barley ear, which Rosa Mei Duo translated as "the flower of the New Year". Gorgeous and bright colors are extremely beautiful, adding a touch of warmth to the New Year.

4. Barkhor Street and Chongsaikang are the "main battlefields" for preparing new year's goods. They are lively, noisy and shoulder to shoulder. Shops and stalls are full of traditional memories and festive atmosphere lasting for thousands of years.

Spring Festival and Tibetan New Year coincide with Tibetan New Year and Spring Festival. With the deepening of exchanges between Tibetan and Han nationalities, folk customs and their meanings also show many similarities. A few days before New Year's Eve, we should dust off, put on new ones to show a festive atmosphere, paste Tibetan Spring Festival couplets and spread brand-new fragrant cloth. The new year market also sells exquisite Tibetan Spring Festival couplets, and children will also receive lucky money from their elders. It is true that it has evolved slightly.

With the development of the times, folk custom itself has also changed. In the past, children were most looking forward to new clothes in the New Year. With the improvement of living standards, people's expectations for new clothes have gone away. In the past, Kasai, Gutu and other new year's goods needed to be made by every household, but now it is more convenient and quick to buy them in the market.

With the improvement of living conditions, there are more and more ways to celebrate the New Year, such as watching Hidden Night with the whole family. However, whether the way of celebrating the holidays has changed or not, the desire for family reunion and the gratitude between people have never weakened.

It is very important to buy new year's goods. Tibetan friends will eat ancient pictures during the Spring Festival. This is noodle soup made of yak meat, flour, radish, etc. It can be said that it is a traditional Tibetan "New Year's Eve". Although the food of "Ancient Earth Night" is very simple, just like eating jiaozi and glutinous rice balls, it represents more of a cultural heritage, just like the coins wrapped in jiaozi during the Spring Festival. All you can eat in Gutu is luck.

Snack jam jam is an essential snack jam, which is a pastry fried with crisp. The mixed noodles are colored, coated with sugar and processed into various shapes, such as flowers and butterflies. When they come out of the butter, the jam is full of fragrance.

Of course, Gexi food is very time-sensitive, and usually only appears in the Tibetan New Year. It's even worse outside the Tibetan New Year.

Tibetan New Year is the most lively and festive day of the year. When you come to Tibet at this time, many Tibetan friends will invite you home for the New Year. In addition, the extreme scenery of Tibet will also wait for you.

Moreover, during the Tibetan calendar year, the "Winter Tour to Tibet" activity continued (the activity lasted until March 2023 15), and you can enjoy free ticket benefits except temples!

Tibetan New Year and Spring Festival have their own characteristics. It may be hard to say which one we like better, because in the final analysis, what these two New Years expect and insist on are the same, the same reunion and the same warmth.

The countdown to the Tibetan New Year has begun. Are you ready to come to Lhasa for the New Year? Are you full of expectations for the new year? Different new year's goods, different folk customs and the same happy atmosphere will awaken childhood's longing and hope for the New Year.

Precautions 1. In winter, the temperature in Tibet is low and the climate is dry in the morning and evening. At this time, friends who enter Tibet should do a good job of cold protection and skin moisturizing.

Generally, it is enough to bring a thick down jacket and a thick sweater for clothes. You can choose thick sweatpants and add a pair of thick autumn pants to your pants. Choose warmer shoes, or your toes will be cold.

Remember to bring lipstick, lotion, cream and other skin care products, otherwise the skin will feel tight and dandruff may fall off.

Remember to bring sunscreen, so that you can enjoy the warm sunshine in Lhasa outdoors!