Shopping in Nyingchi – Wooden Bowl

Nyingchi is quite noted for its various fruits and precious medicinal materials, as well as some handicrafts manufactured by the local Monpa people and Lhoba people. Tibet Tour would like to introduce the wooden bowl for tourists making a Nyingchi tour and shopping in Nyingchi.

Shopping in Nyingchi – Traditional Tibetan Wooden Bowl Culture

Tourists made a Tibet tour and took a careful observation of the daily life of local Tibetans would find that the wooden bowl almost accompanying them all the day. Local Tibetans really have a strong affection to the wooden bowl. It is recorded that the wooden bowl was spread to Tibet with the tea culture from China central plain long time ago.

The wooden bowl is favored by local Tibetans for it is characterized by portable, slow heat dissipation and attractive appearance. Most of the wooden bowls in Tibet are made of superior wood with exquisite patterns. The wooden bowls decorated with silver lace looked extraordinarily luxury and exquisite. The local Tibetans would always clean their wooden bowl and packed it with silk and then put it in their arms before go out for a trip.

Not only the ordinary Tibetans would bring their own wooden bowl with them, the rich nobles would also bring their wooden bowl with them all the time. In ancient times, the Tibetan officials would always tie the wooden bowl on their waistband since it is not only a good decoration but also a symbol of their official rank. The officials would even use their own wooden bowl while drinking the Tibetan butter tea in front of the Tibetan kings.

Generally, each member in a Tibetan family would have their own specific wooden bowl. Tourists visiting a Tibetan family would always find there are always two wooden bowls in different sizes on the tea table in their parlor. The bigger wooden bowl should belong to the male host while the smaller one belongs to the hostess. There is strict rule in the use of wooden bowl and the Tibetans act as the rule all the time.

Shopping in Nyingchi – How to Choose a Wooden Bowl

It is reported that most of the wooden bowl in the markets in Nyingchi are made from selected birch wood or weedtree wood. These selected woods are always of solid quality and exquisite patterns. The manufacture of wooden bowl involves a series of complicated processes, such as material selection, boiling, drying, painting, baking, and polishing and so on. Some of the superior wooden bowls would also be matched with exquisite silver cover and coaster. The wooden bowl would be a great choice for tourists making a Nyingchi tour and willing to buy some local specialties as a souvenir of the lifetime Tibet tour.