Cang Linian
No Tibetan ancient times, people think to open even a peach of a New Year. Now the Tibetan origin in the year 1027, since then, the first day of the Tibetan calendar is fixed to Cangli Nian. Cangli Nian is the biggest festival in Tibet during the holiday season, every family reunion, a beautiful language with each other good luck wishes.
Into the Tibetan calendar, December, people started doing a series for the New Year: barley seeds soaked in the tub, the Tibetan calendar, the day the first day for the shrines on the barley seedlings, in order to harvest in the new year auspicious; with butter and flour fried "Car" and other offerings; finished sewing, cleaning the house courtyard. In the old city and rural areas, people still use lime, white paint on the wall or roasted barley flour auspicious patterns, while others are painted evil scorpions.
Tibetan New Year's Eve night, families eat "Old Tu" (ie, surface ge boil) exorcism. Housewives are doing "ancient conflict", we should deliberately wrapped in something to test family members in the new year's luck. Such as the tiles that lazy to eat, eat chili that mouth like a knife and eat the meat that respect and care for the young, eat cow dung that often have good luck and so on. What to eat, spit out the spot, often causing laughter. After "Old Tu" is held after the exorcism ceremony. People left to bowl, "the ancient conflict" down in a jar where there is a dough made of "ghosts." In the fall, "the ancient conflict", the saying "give you rest" and so on. Then, holding a piece of dough, side to himself four strokes, she replied, "take away evil," is also thrown into the jar and then put the dough inside. Drive over the body of the "ghost" and then drive the house "ghost." Then the men took home a stubble fire lit, smoked in the house on the circle outside the hospital, while smoked repeatedly calling "ghost come out" to the "ghost" out of the house. Hostess put that jar back with the torch, the "ghosts" thrown into the intersection, but also in the back of the family set off firecrackers. It is said that the reason for the "ghosts" thrown at the crossroads, in order not to let it find the way back to the original house. That day when evening came, the sound of firecrackers everywhere in Lhasa city, the streets are all hand-held torch of the "Ghost Man", a crossroads is ablaze.
New Year's morning, people in folk singing for the elderly for good luck, "Zaga" sound in the (now more than a tape player) welcomed the Tibetan New Year. That day, families wish good luck to the barley seedlings, "Car" (fruit of Resources), "Long-off" (sheep's head), "Qiema" (grain harvest bucket), various candies placed in shrines or possession of the cabinet, the whole family put on new clothes, new cards sitting mat, eat ginseng fruit, butter, sugar, and so do the "auspicious food." Corn meal side to fight their elders, each followed by a few grains caught thrown into the air, said on the ritual, and then twist a little into his mouth. Then I wish you all the elders, "Tashi Delek", the junior back to celebrate, "I wish you good health and happiness forever." Basically, gathered behind closed doors each day, the neighborhood and do not visit. Started two days to visit friends and family to each other, New Year's congratulations, sustained two weeks. |