Tibet Festival Calendar – Tibetan New Year

There is a large number of overseas tourists would like to visit Tibet in winter for experiencing the festival atmosphere while the others would like to visit Tibet in summer for the most amazing natural landscapes. There is Tibet festival in each month according to the Tibetan calendar on Tibet Plateau. The number of Tibet festival in January ranks first all year around, and the most solemn Tibet festival on the Tibet festival calendar – Tibetan New Year would also be celebrated in January according to Tibetan calendar.

Tibet Festival Calendar – Brief Introduction of Tibetan New Year

Local Tibetans are immersed in the festal atmosphere whole over January according to Tibetan Calendar. They would start the preparation for the celebration of the Tibetan New Year early in December. Various local Tibetan food would be prepared, the Tsampa, ginseng fruit and some other Tibetan dried fruit would be stirred with the butter oil before the coming of the Tibetan New Year. Various old traditions, such as clean the house carefully, evil dispelling and eating Gutu (a kind of cooked doughball) would be carried out one by one. It is said that Tibetan New Year involves the most Tibetan traditions among all the Tibet festivals on the Tibet festival calendar.

Tibet Festival Calendar – Celebration of Tibetan New Year

Tibetan New Year is praised as the most attractive and special festival on Tibet festival calendar by both local Tibetans and tourists. Various recreational and entertainment activities would be held in every corner of Tibet Plateau for during the Tibetan New Year. Tourists travel to Tibet during the celebration of the Tibetan New Year would witness different ways of celebration in different regions on Tibet Plateau. These celebration ceremonies would reflect different geological environment, different economical condition, different modes of production, as well as different appreciation of beauty and value orientation.

Magnificent celebration ceremony would be held in Potala Palace by Dalai Lama for the celebration of the Tibetan New Year. Visit Tibet during the Tibetan New Year, tourists would have the chance to enjoy the Tibetan acrobatics and Tibetan Opera. Some sports competitions would also be held on Barkhor Street Square during the festivals. The rich celebration activities made Tibetan New Year to be one of the most attractive Tibet festivals on Tibet Festival Calendar.

Tibetan New Year has been listed on the list of intangible cultural heritage. The celebration of this festival reflected the long history and the profound Tibetan civilization.