What festivals are there in Tibet?

Tibetan festivals include Shoton Festival, Mountain Sacrifice Festival, Dragon Sacrifice Festival, Cuoqu Festival, Cuoque Festival, etc.

1. Mountain Sacrifice Festival

Tibetans on the top of the temple believe that the mountain god has the functions of life and death. Pleased him can not only ensure a good harvest of material production, but also ensure the prosperity of the family. The Mountain Sacrifice Festival is the most important sacrificial activity for the Tibetan people on the top of the temple in Sichuan, and it is also an annual traditional festival for the Tibetan people here.

2. Dragon Sacrifice Festival

Dragon Sacrifice Festival: Due to geographical and other reasons, the dates vary from place to place, but most of them are held on the third day of February, the third day of March, and the sixth day of June. . Dragon sacrifices are divided into big sacrifices and small sacrifices. The small sacrifice involves killing pigs and chickens, and the big sacrifice involves slaughtering cows. The sacrifice is presided over by a respected old man in the village called "Dragon Head", and the altar is set up "under the dragon tree".

Each household prepares pigs, chickens, ducks and other sacrifices, and the men in the family go to offer sacrifices. Production is suspended for three days during the festival. On the first noon after the festival, each household sends a man to bring his own wine and meat to the "leading" house for a dinner to express gratitude.

3. Shoton Festival

The Shoton Festival is a traditional religious festival for the Tibetan people in Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces and regions. It mostly falls on the first and fourth days of the second month of the Tibetan calendar. Held in mid-June or mid-June, the specific dates vary from place to place.

4. Cuoqu Festival

Cuoqu Festival is a Tibetan Buddhist festival. On the 15th day of the second lunar month in the Tibetan calendar, monks from the three major monasteries in Tibet gathered in Lhasa to hold a half-month Dharma assembly.

5. Tsocho Festival

The Tsocho Festival, also known as the "Hui Gong Festival", is a Tibetan Buddhist festival popular in Lhasa, Tibet, from February 18th to 30th in the Tibetan calendar. Held on 12 days.

According to legend, after the death of the fifth Dalai Lama in 1649, the regent Sanggye Gyatso held a seven-day memorial ceremony for the fifth Dalai Lama. Monks from the three major monasteries, including Drepung, Sera and Ganden, gathered together to worship the Buddha and recite sutras, in order to realize the Pray for the wishes of the fifth Dalai Lama during his lifetime

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