What are the Tibetan festivals?

1. Shoton Festival is one of the important festivals of the Tibetan people in Tibet. It is held on July 1st every year and lasts for four or five days. Shoton is a Tibetan translator, which means "yoghurt feast", so the Shoton Festival is interpreted as a festival for drinking yogurt. According to the regulations of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism (Yellow Sect), every year from June 15th to July 30th in the Tibetan calendar is the ban period. Lamas in large and small temples are not allowed to go out to avoid stepping on bugs. The ban will be lifted on July 30th. before going down the mountain. When the lama comes down the mountain, farmers and herdsmen take out yogurt as offerings, forming the Shoton Festival.

2. The Giant Buddha Viewing Festival is a festival held by monks and laypeople in Shigatse, Tibet, at Tashilhunpo Monastery every year in May of the Tibetan calendar. Tashilhunpo (Tibetan transliteration "Auspicious Sumeru Mountain") Temple is the fourth largest temple of the Gelug Sect (Yellow Sect) of Lamaism. At the foot of the Niseri Mountain in Shigatse, Tibet, it is the residence of the Panchen Lama.

3. The Prayer Festival is the most solemn large-scale religious activity in Tibetan areas, and it is also a folk festival. It is called "Morang Chepo" in Tibetan. In the Tibetan areas of the state, there are two types of such grand events, one is the prayer festival of the Gelug sect; the other is the prayer festival of the Tibetan original religion, Benbo religion. These two prayer festivals are the same and are held twice a year, once It falls on the 15th day of the sixth lunar month, and once falls on the first to third day of the first lunar month. The prayer festival in the first month is more grand than the prayer festival in summer.

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When visiting a Tibetan home, the host must first offer the guest highland barley wine. The guest should first dip a little wine with his ring finger and flick it to the sky three times in a row to show his sacrifice to heaven. , land and ancestors, and then take a sip. The owner will refill it in time and drink it three times. The fourth time you refill it, you need to drink it dry. Otherwise, the host will be unhappy and think that the guest is not polite or looks down on him.

When a guest enters the room and sits down, the host must pour butter tea to greet the guest. The guest must wait until the host holds it in front of him with both hands before he can take it and drink it. He must not drink it by himself. When sitting down, you should sit cross-legged; when accepting a gift, you should receive it with both hands; when giving a gift, you should bow and raise your hands above your head; when offering tea or wine, you should offer it with both hands, and do not put your fingers into the mouth of the bowl.

When drinking tea, the guest must wait for the host to hold the tea in front of him before reaching out to take it and drink it, otherwise it will be considered rude. When eating, pay attention to not filling your mouth with enough food, chewing without making any noise, drinking without making any noise, and picking food without overstepping the plate. When entertaining guests with mutton, a piece of meat from the lower part of the mutton spine with the tail is the most valuable and should be given to the most respected guests.

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