What's Hada for? What does this mean?

Hada is a silk fabric used by Tibetan people for etiquette and a necessary item in social activities. Hada is similar to the rites and silks of the ancient Han nationality.

Some scholars have analyzed that the name Hada began to appear when Basiba just returned to Tibet. As we all know, Basiba is a very important historical great man in the history of Tibet, especially in the history of the relationship between the central government and Tibet. 1244, I visited Kuo Duan, the second son of Yuan Taizong, in Xiliang (also known as Liangzhou, now Wuwei, Gansu) with my uncle Sakya Panditha Gongga Jianzan. After Yuan Shizu ascended the throne, Bathsheba was honored as a Buddhist and a royal teacher. 1265 when I returned to Tibet for the first time, I presented Hada to bodhisattvas, Buddha statues and monks and secular officials. As far as I know, the official record of Hada in history books began at this time.

In Tibetan social communication, Hada, a ceremonial object, has long been popular because of its rich cultural connotation. Tibetans have always believed that whiteness can best express and symbolize people's sincere and pure wishes, so people have used white hada to express their sincere and pure wishes in social communication since ancient times. Therefore, Hada has become an important medium and carrier of Tibetan people's profound cultural psychology.

According to analysis and research, white worship or advocating white is a reflection of the profound cultural and psychological state of the Tibetan people. Recent archaeological work has confirmed that Tibetan ancestors have advocated white since ancient times. Long before Buddhism entered Tibet, Tibetan ancestors worshipped white things and avoided and taboo black things and underworld. In the Biography of King Gesar and many other folk stories, white people, white horses, white clouds and white cranes are used to symbolize and represent just, kind and noble people, troops or things, while black people, dark horses and dark clouds are used to symbolize and represent evil spirits, evil and misfortune. White symbolizes purity, innocence, loyalty, happiness, peace, kindness and justice, while black is the opposite. Generally speaking, it is evil, evil and ominous, which has become a distinct concept of Tibetan culture. This cultural concept and mentality formed by the Tibetan people in their long-term life can be seen everywhere in their daily lives. Paint the walls of houses with white plaster, draw white dots or lines on doors, windows and wooden furniture on New Year's Day, tie hada or wool on flagons and wine dishes, paste ghee on kettles and bowls, put white stones on the top of the stone piles at the main entrance, and so on. As long as you pay attention, you will find the marks of white worship everywhere.

Hada, transliteration in Tibetan. It is a "gift towel". According to the local chronicles "Mongolia Volume II", "The so-called Hada is also silk. Or silk, or white, or blue, the length varies, about one foot five inches or one foot two inches long, and the two ends are drawn, about half an inch, depending on the level of the recipient. " Hada is different in length, embroidered with patterns such as "Eight Treasures" and "Yunlin", symbolizing happiness and good luck.

There are many textual researches on the source of Hada. However, this custom is recognized as Tibetan etiquette. /kloc-In the middle of the 6th century, Tibetan Buddhism was introduced to Mongolia, and Hada, a monk of Tibetan Buddhism, was accepted as an indispensable item in daily etiquette in Erdos, which was handed down from generation to generation. According to Marco Polo's Travels, "Every New Year's Day, important people in all provinces and kingdoms under Khan's rule, who own territory or have jurisdiction in their hands, will give Khan precious gifts such as gold, silver and precious stones, accompanied by white cloth, which means wishing your majesty a long life, rich financial resources and endless enjoyment." It can be seen that offering Hada has auspicious meaning.