Historical issues

Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka are listed as world cultural heritages.

The main attractions are drepung monastery, Sera Temple, Xiaozhao Temple, Zongjiao Lu Kang, Zangling, Chubu Temple, Lhasa Mosque, Qugong Site, Tibet Museum, Wang Yao, The Drikung Kagyu Temple Group and so on. The main business districts are Barkhor Street, Yutu Road Pedestrian Street and Lhasa Department Store.

Niu Wanghui: Cattle regulation is the Tibetan people's understanding of the important position of cattle in agricultural production. They cultivate strong feelings for cattle in their daily work, resulting in a large number of cattle cultural phenomena. They regarded cows as gods and regarded them as the best sacrifice to God, so the Cow King's Club appeared. The Ox King Festival begins on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month and generally lasts for more than ten days, sometimes even as long as a month. The number often exceeds 1000. During the Cow King's Meeting, people invited Heiba (a wizard) to chant Buddhist scriptures, blow yak horns, slaughter dozens of yaks or hundreds of sheep, and indulge in wine and revelry, which was very lively. Because of the huge cost, this large-scale ox king meeting has only been held once in a hundred years. All the members attending the Ox King's Club have the same blood relationship and belong to the cultural festival of ancestor worship. ?

Zhao Chuan Dafa Research Association: This is the biggest religious festival in Tibet. At that time, the monks from drepung monastery, Sera Temple and Gandan Temple in Lhasa will be concentrated in Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. This method was continued by the prayer meeting held by Master Zong Kaba, the founder of the Gelug Sect, in Lhasa on 1409, and the Gesi degree examination was held. Buddhists from other parts of Tibet also come to worship Buddha. Since then, the scale has been continuously expanded and enriched, making the prayer meeting a fixed religious festival, which is still very popular today, and its scale is no less than that when it was founded and continues to this day.

Butter sculpture Lantern Festival

The Tibetan calendar 1 month 15 (February 19, 2000) was also the last day of the Dafa Festival in Zhao, which was a grand and colorful butter sculpture Lantern Festival for the Tibetan people. During the day, people go to temples to worship Buddha; At night, a butter sculpture lantern festival was held in Barkhor Street, Lhasa. Various flower stands were set up on both sides of the street, filled with colorful images such as immortals, figures, birds and beasts, flowers and trees, puppet shows and so on. After the lantern is lit, it is like a star falling, flashing and shining. Local officials and people in Tibet are also scrambling to watch lanterns. In the evening, farmers in the suburbs sing and dance, sometimes for several days. This is the most lively and joyful festival in Lhasa.

Sagadawa Festival

April 15 (16,2000) in Tibetan calendar is the day when Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, was born, became a monk and died. This is also a traditional festival for the Tibetan people. April in the Tibetan calendar is the Buddhist calendar day, so it is called "Sagadawa" in Tibetan. On this day of the Tibetan calendar every year, Tibetan men and women will wear festive costumes and gather in groups in Longwangtan Scenic Resort behind the majestic Potala Palace to hold this sacred festival according to their traditional customs. After a long period of development, Sagadawa Festival has gradually evolved into a mass festival for Tibetan people to visit the park in spring and summer and wish a bumper harvest in agriculture and animal husbandry. During the festival, some people set up colorful tents, others put highland barley wine and butter tea, and the whole family laughed and took a nap by the lake. Then, Tibetan youths formed a circle, celebrated festivals on the ground and sang peace. Now the Lhasa Tibetan Opera Troupe and other literary and art groups are also coming to perform for the festival.

Bath Festival [within 7 days of the first half of July in Tibetan calendar]

The first ten days of July (September 2000) of the Tibetan calendar is a traditional festival of the Tibetan people, which has a history of at least 700 to 800 years in Tibet. At this time, according to Buddhism, the water on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has eight advantages: sweet, cool, soft, light, clear and odorless. Seven drinks don't hurt the throat, and eight drinks don't hurt the abdomen. Therefore, July is called the best time to take a bath. Tibetan bathing festival lasts for five or six days. During the festival, whether in towns or villages, rural areas or pastoral areas, people bring tents, butter tea, highland barley wine, Ciba and other foods, and come to the banks of Lhasa River and Yarlung Zangbo River one after another to compete for water and have a swim. Bathing Festival is a masterpiece of Tibetan folk culture, with a long time span and wide spread. Until today, it is still full of vigor and vitality, and it also absorbs a lot of entertainment culture, thus making today's bathing festival evolve into a comprehensive social festival integrating religion, entertainment, fitness and social education.

Shoton/Sho Dun festival

The Snowdon Festival is one of the biggest traditional festivals in Tibet. "Shelton" means yogurt. Before17th century, the Shelton Festival was a purely religious festival. According to the regulations of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, the Tibetan calendar is closed every June, and monks and nuns in all Tibetan Buddhist temples are not allowed to go out to avoid stepping on bugs. The Tibetan calendar was lifted on July 1, and they went down the mountain one after another. At this time, farmers and herdsmen had to come up with prepared yogurt to sacrifice. This is the origin of the Snowdon Festival. ?

During the festival, Tibetans in groups of three and five, men, women and children, carry all kinds of bags, carry highland barley wine barrels, and some even set up tents, spread mats and carpets on the ground, and put highland barley, dishes and other holiday foods into Norbulingka. In recent years, various organs and units in the autonomous region have also arranged large-scale cultural activities, academic seminars and economic and trade exchange activities during the Snowdon Festival, which has made the scene more lively.

Horse racing festival

Horse racing is a favorite activity of Tibetan people. It is not only a place for farmers and herdsmen to gather and exchange production experience in their leisure time, but also a display of people in Xizang spirit. Horse racing is almost indispensable in all Tibetan festivals circulated among the people. Horse racing not only appears in festivals in the form of motif, but more importantly, Tibetan people have formed such a national traditional "horse racing festival" based on their strong belief in horses, which has a long history.

"Looking at Fruit" Festival

"Looking at Fruit" Festival is an annual festival for Tibetan people, wishing a bumper harvest in agriculture. In Tibetan, "Wang" means fields and land, "Guo" means turning around, "Guo Wang" means transliteration, and the sound means "turning crops around fields". ?

Watching fruit festivals is very popular in agricultural areas of Tibet. In the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River and the rural areas along the Lhasa River, the "fruit watching" festival is very popular, and there are festivals in other places, but the names of the festivals are different. Lahu and Dingri are called "Ji Ya", that is, comfortable summer days; Bubala Snow Mountain is surrounded by semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral areas, known as "Bangsang", that is, auspicious grassland. It's about the same time, before the crops are yellow and ready to open the sickle. Before liberation, Tibetans celebrated the Fruit Festival before the arrival of the "bird king"-the season when geese flew south. Guowang Festival is an important cultural phenomenon of Tibetan people, and its origin, ceremony, region or gender characteristics are rich and colorful.

On this day every year, Tibetan people wear festive costumes, some carry colorful flags, some carry harvest towers made of highland barley and wheat ears, and the harvest towers are tied with white "Hada", holding slogans, some beat gongs and drums, sing songs and sing Tibetan operas, and some carry portraits of Chairman Mao around the field for a week. After the circle, people carry tents and highland barley wine, while talking about the past and present, and some indulge in drinking. The commercial department also organizes material exchanges, supplies commodities with ethnic characteristics and daily necessities, and purchases local products. After the fruit festival, the intense autumn harvest sowing began.