How to Travel to Tibet during Dangxong Horse Racing Festival
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How to Travel to Tibet during Dangxong Horse Racing Festival

Update: Nov. 26th, 2012

Dangxong horse racing

Addicted to the unique and attractive culture, history as well as amazing sceneries of Tibet, many tourists start finding how to travel to Tibet. Some are looking for how to travel to Tibet during Tibetan festival. So Dangxong Horse Racing Festival is recommended to you as it is one of the most famous and important event in Tibet.

Dangxong Horse Racing Festival is held on July 10th to 12th every years of Tibetan calendar. It will last for nearly one month. It is the most solemn Tibet festival for the herdsman in Damgxung.

How to Travel to Tibet during Dangxong Horse Racing Festival

The celebration of Dangxong Horse Racing festival is held on July 10th - 12th. The horse racing activity will last 3 days. The strong horse and better player will be selected to take part in the competition on behalf of different region of Tibet, but other people are also free to join it. The players are almost all the teenagers.

The race field is about 12 kilometers long on the grassland in front of the Government building. While the gun fired, the race began. About 20 players will be rewarded.

Archery

Archery is another important activity during horse racing festival, which is usually participated by leaders of different tribe. When the race started, young men would like to run after his lovely girl on a horse to show their love, which is fantastic and happy. After few later days later, the singing and dancing will be prohibited by Sera Monastery as the government events and commodity fairs will be held at that time.

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