Sagadawa Festival —— The most distinctive festival in Lhasa in spring

April 15 in Tibetan calendar is a special festival in Tibet-Sagadawa Festival, which means Pleiades in Tibetan (Pleiades is one of the 28 stars in Tibetan astrology). It is the birthday, enlightenment, death and princess of Wencheng, the founder of Buddhism, and it is also the most distinctive festival in Lhasa in spring. On Sagadawa Festival, the streets of Lhasa are always crowded with people. Tibetans turn around the outer walls of Jokhang Temple and Potala Palace, and the three main turning paths are believers. Spices can be smelled everywhere in Lhasa. Therefore, various activities will be held this month to commemorate it; Over time, these activities have become large-scale mountains.

According to legend, Buddha Sakyamuni was born in Lumbini on the 7th of the Tibetan Iron Monkey Year. On the 15th of the Trojan Horse Year, he meditated under a big bodhi tree near Bodhgaya, facing the east and living on grass. At night, the devil was subdued, and at dawn, Sagadawa died in the city where he was detained on the 15th. After Sakyamuni became a Buddha, he finally said in Liugen Temple in Borneo: "All behaviors are impermanent, all behaviors are bitter, and all laws have no self." Tibetan customs regard this month as the month of Universiade, and the majority of monks and nuns carry out various Buddhist activities.

According to tradition, in the first half of Sagadawa month, monks and ordinary people have the custom of abstaining from killing and meat, and they all turn their hearts to the Buddha. Jokhang Temple, Jokhang Temple, pagbalha Kang in Potala Palace and other places offered thousands of offerings, all of which were painted with gold and dedicated to Buddha lanterns. /kloc-On the morning of 0/5, pilgrims first presented Hada to the two siddhattha gotama and the three Great Compassionate Bodhisattvas in Jokhang Temple, and hung lanterns to offer sacrifices to the Buddha. After the ceremony, they began to turn along the customary turning road, passing through Wang Yao, Norbulingka, Dejilinka and Potala Palace, and arrived at Longwangtan Scenic Resort Scenic Area at noon. While turning the scriptures, the masses burned incense and offered sacrifices to the gods on the Mani pile on the hill beside the turning path, doing good deeds along the road and helping beggars as usual. At noon, people took tea, wine and food to hold a banquet in Longwangtan Scenic Resort Scenic Area, and Ma Bao Guild participated in singing and dancing, which added a happy atmosphere. After the tour around the lake, people continued to embark on the unfinished turning journey.