What are the traditional festivals of Tibetan people?

Tibetan people have many festivals, and there are basically festivals every month. The first month of the Tibetan calendar is the month with the most and most solemn festivals. In this month, festivals are celebrated almost every day. Tibetan festivals are the most important expression of Tibetan culture. Tibetan Buddhism has a history of more than 1,300 years in Tibet, China, and has become a part of the lives of the Tibetan people. Due to its profound influence, Tibetan festivals have a strong religious flavor, and some have evolved into purely religious festivals.

The Shoton Festival is one of the important festivals for the Tibetan people in Tibet. Every year in the seventh month of Tibetan celebrations, the Shoton Festival is held for one day 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 a forbidden period. Lamas in large and small temples are not allowed to go out to avoid stepping on bugs and waiting for them. You can only go down the mountain after the ban is lifted on July 30. When the lama comes down the mountain, farmers and herdsmen take out yogurt as offerings, forming the Shoton Festival.

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. Under the Niseri Mountain in Shigatse, Tibet, it has been the residence of the Panchen Lama for generations.

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.

Tibetans (Tibetan: ?) are one of the 56 ethnic groups in China and are the indigenous people of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In China, they are mainly distributed in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province, western Sichuan Province, Diqing, Yunnan, Gannan, Gansu and other regions. In addition, Tibetans are also distributed in India, Bhutan, the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and other regions. Lhasa is a holy place in the hearts of Tibetans. Currently, the Tibetan population in the world is about 7.5 million, and in China there are about 7 million (in 2016). The Tibetan population is conservatively estimated at more than 10 million.

Tibetans have their own language and writing. Tibetan language belongs to the Tibetan branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family of the Sino-Tibetan language family, and is divided into three dialects: Weizang, Kham and Amdo.

Tibetans generally believe in Tibetan Buddhism. Buddhism was introduced to Tubo from Tianzhu in the seventh century AD and has a history of more than 1,400 years. The Tibetan people have created a splendid national culture and left extremely rich cultural heritage in literature, music, dance, painting, sculpture, architectural art and other aspects. Tibetan carving skills are superb. In addition, Tibetan opera is unique and Tibetan medicine is also an important heritage of mankind.