What are the taboos for traveling to Tibet?

When receiving guests, whether sitting or talking, we should put the guests or elders first and use honorifics, such as adding the word "pull" after the name to show respect and kindness and avoid pointing out their sufferings. Greet guests, bow and knees, and smile. Sit indoors, cross-legged, don't straighten your legs, point your feet at people, and don't look around. When accepting a gift, you should take it with both hands. When giving gifts, bow your head and raise your hands above your head. When offering tea, toast and cigarettes, offer them with both hands and keep your fingers away from the bowl.

Tibetans are absolutely forbidden to eat donkey meat and horse meat, and dog meat is the most taboo. Any utensils containing these meats will no longer be used. They think that eating the meat of these animals is unclean and sinful, and they can't ascend to heaven after death. Fishing is also not allowed in some areas. People's preference for horses is full of totem worship of primitive religion. They think the horse is a symbol of the road god. If you don't eat its meat, milk it or use its skin, it will naturally reproduce and die.

When making a toast, guests must first dip their ring finger in a little wine and shoot it into the air three times in succession to show heaven, earth and ancestors. Then take a sip gently, and the owner will fill it up in time, then take another sip and fill it up again, even for three sips. When you fill it for the fourth time, you must drink it all at once. This is the established rule, otherwise the guests will be considered impolite and looked down upon.

Don't eat, bite or drink water loudly when eating. When drinking butter tea, the host pours the tea, and the guest can only take it if the host holds it in front of him. Unfamiliar men and women are forbidden to rub in a bowl. Buckles are forbidden to be placed in bowls and cups, because only the bowls and cups of the deceased are placed with buckles.

On the first day of the Tibetan calendar, it is forbidden to sweep the floor, eat stuffed food, cry, swear or quarrel, and say unlucky words such as emptiness, nothingness, illness, pain, death, killing, poverty, don't, and unlucky. People think this will be a bad omen for the whole year. Don't borrow things from others during the Spring Festival, for fear that you won't be rich all year round.

The biggest taboo of Tibetans is killing. In winter slaughter in pastoral areas, herders feel sorry for those livestock and can't bear to start, so the slaughter in western pastoral areas uses large needles to pierce the internal organs from behind to minimize the pain of slaughtered sheep; In the central pastoral areas, sheep's mouths are tied with ropes and suffocated. Shepherds think it is not advisable to kill people with knives. They are against killing wild animals.

It is forbidden to spit behind your back and slap others in the face. Women can't shake their skirts in front of people, thinking that they will bring misfortune to themselves. When you meet religious facilities such as monasteries, manidui and stupas, you must go around from left to right, thinking that it would be a sin to go in the opposite direction. When crossing the top of a mountain, you can't make a sound, otherwise it will lead to snow and hail.

You can't throw bones into the fire, thinking that it will attract ghosts. Don't whistle at home, because you only whistle when you send ghosts. There are patients at home and visitors are not allowed. Don't take out the garbage at night. After dark, white things can't be taken out of the house to avoid the outflow of wealth. After the death of a loved one, it is forbidden to hold a happy event and sing and dance for 49 days, so that the deceased can ascend to heaven quietly. String 3

Don't cross the vessel and brazier; Warp tubes and wheels shall not be reversed; Don't touch your head with your hands.

In addition, a small number of Tibetan treasures were provided:

1. Do less strenuous exercise before entering Tibet, drink more boiled water and drink less tea, and sleep late at home before leaving.

2. Before entering Tibet, you can go to the local pharmacy to buy related anti-altitude sickness drugs. It is recommended to take rhodiola capsule, Nuodikang capsule, Gaoyuanning, Gaoyuankang and other drugs more than 3 days in advance.

3. If Tibet starts by train, prepare some food before departure, such as American ginseng, vitamin C, fruit, raisins, chocolate and biscuits. If women are afraid of the sun, bring sunscreen, sun hat and sunglasses. If you go to Tibet by plane, you still have to get everything ready in front, and just remember to eat your stomach. Recently, there have been many rainy seasons in Tibet in July and August, and there are many rains and fogs in the sky. Sometimes the plane flies over Lhasa and returns to its original place. You can't fill your stomach with food on the plane, so eat your stomach before boarding.

4. Now enter Tibet from June to September and prepare two-piece clothes, long-sleeved clothes and coats. If you go to Everest, you need to take a down jacket. The weather in summer in Tibet is generally sunny during the day and rainy at night, with a large temperature difference. It's about 26 degrees during the day and 8 degrees at night. Be careful not to catch a cold and enter Tibet.

When you arrive at Lhasa airport or railway station, don't go immediately, but walk slowly. Generally speaking, the staff of the travel agency will arrange to pick up the car at the railway station (airport). Pay attention to the stop sign with your name on it.

6. After arriving in Lhasa, it is recommended not to take a shower and wash your hair on the first day. After staying in the hotel, you should take anti-reflective drugs immediately. Don't eat spicy food, eat light food.

7. Generally, when you join a group in Tibet, you start early in the morning, so remember to tell the hotel to get ready for the road in advance, or get up early to have a good breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Do not travel on an empty stomach.

8. The local currency in Tibet is RMB, and generally US dollars are also accepted. Other currencies don't circulate, and other coins don't circulate (there used to be a lot of fakes, but later they simply didn't accept coins). There are only four state-owned banks in Tibet, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. ICBC in Tibet only has 1 (ICBC card is not recommended) and has postal savings. Only cash is recognized in Tibet. Generally, there are few places to spend by credit card, and cash is convenient.

9. People in Tibet are very simple. Buddhists begging in front of Jokhang Temple or Potala Palace can give some change, a dime or twenty cents, and you can prepare a few cents for Tibet.

10. No matter whether you join the tour group or not, please don't trust the soliciting staff of some travel agencies in Lhasa's railway station and airport, especially women, or you won't know how you were slaughtered when you arrived in Lhasa. Therefore, if you are traveling with a group, it is recommended to contact the local travel agency in Tibet before departure, sign up for big clubs and brand clubs, and avoid detours. If it is a self-help tour, you can find some car rental websites online or stay in a youth hostel, which is more cost-effective.

To sum up, China Tibet Travel Network reminds you to keep a good mood, put safety first, have fun, don't worry about city life and relax yourself.