Do Tibetans celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival? Tibetan Dragon Boat Festival blessings

Do people in Tibetan areas of Qinghai Province celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival? This is also an absolute must. During the Dragon Boat Festival, Tibetan compatriots will make all kinds of delicious food and wine. Everyone wishes and celebrates each other during the festival, hoping for a good harvest in the coming year. Let’s share the blessings of the Tibetan Dragon Boat Festival and the basic process of the festival.

Do Tibetans celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival?

Definitely!

Qinghai Tibetan Dragon Boat Festival is actually the epitome of Qinghai Dragon Boat Festival. One word is simple.

But if Lao Liao celebrates the Dragon Boat Festival at home, it will be much easier, haha.

Let’s take a look at the folk customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in Tibetan areas.

On holidays, preparations are usually made one day in advance. Tashi’s grandma bought leeks. I saw so many leeks on the table and didn't understand what she was going to do.

I haven’t eaten leeks in decades. I don’t eat leek buns, dumplings, leek scrambled eggs, or leek boxes at all.

Why don’t you eat it? I had long forgotten that Ken would suffer from stomach pain, or I heard that it was bad for the stomach.

Chop the fresh leeks and put them into Lu's pot. What are you doing

Zhuoge said that he would prepare for the next day's "willow planting". There are no willow trees in the whole village. Do you want to find the willow tree?

Originally, leeks are not a material for making steamed buns, but an important core ingredient for making leek boxes.

Inserting willows is also a lie. Just put branches on the door instead of willow branches.

I heard you have to wear a sachet. Some people make their own, some buy them. It’s just for little ones to use during the holidays, older kids don’t need it, but I don’t know how old it is to be considered a “big kid,” ha.

Not only wearing sachets, but also new clothes. Tashi is brand new from head to toe. Grandma washed his face, but he couldn't bear to do it.

Grandma put all the sachets on him, and the other children only put one. He wore three sachets!

Photos: Not for souvenirs, but for relatives working outside. Tashi’s parents work in Tibet; Dong Zhucai’s little boy’s parents also work in other places. With WeChat, everyone can video, make phone calls, and easily send photos in real time.

Talents from Dongzhu put the sachets on the Qinghai page of the atlas to take pictures. This hint is really too obvious.

Every festive season, young and middle-aged couples who work outside will miss their loved ones even more, and they will miss their elderly, children and relatives who stay in the village.

Tibetan Dragon Boat Festival food:

Cold noodles: The cold noodles here are chopped leeks, topped with hot oil, vinegar and chili sauce.

Every family has different cold noodles. Grandpa Nima likes to eat thin noodles, while other families like to eat thick noodles.

Janjing: The ingredients are the same as above.

Leek box: Every family prepares it one day in advance and can eat it the next day. I ate the chive box three times in a row, which basically made up for the chive box I had had for decades.

Each family’s chive box is different. Regarding Tashi's leek box, I like to eat the "outer packaging", the noodles are crispy and fragrant; Grandpa Nima's leek box also has some diced meat, which is more delicious when eaten hot.

Zongzi: Some people can do it, but not everyone can do it.

Most of the food in rural areas is made by ourselves, unlike the ready-made food in supermarkets in cities.

The Tibetan area in Qinghai has a high altitude and the land is not suitable for planting. Tibetans still rely mainly on grazing and animal husbandry, supplemented by planting. Because the products are not rich, the Dragon Boat Festival is relatively simple.

Every family spends the Dragon Boat Festival in an ordinary way.

Tashi’s grandparents are still in the middle-aged labor force. After preparing enough food for the family and feeding the livestock, there was enough cold noodles and vegetables left. There were only grandma, Tashi and us at home, and they set out to dig up Cordyceps again. They didn't dig up Cordyceps the day before, and there weren't many days left to dig up Cordyceps. No one will give up on this critical moment.

Grandpa Nima washes clothes for his grandson at home. Why do men do laundry? Because his legs are bad, his grandma is in good health, and she goes to dig cordyceps in the mountains again. He has to take care of his grandson and do housework.

Liao had a big bowl of cold noodles at Nima’s house (a big bowl and a small bowl to be precise). After listening to Grandpa Nima's description of the local situation, my stomach and mind were full.

How do you spend your Dragon Boat Festival? Feel free to share with us.

What are your Dragon Boat Festival customs?

What happened during the Dragon Boat Festival left a deep impression on you?

According to my investigation, not only people in Tibetan areas celebrate the festival this way, but most people in Qingshan area also celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival this way.