Gannan style

 New Year's Eve in pastoral areas, and everyone cleaned, painted the house a symbol of good luck symbols, gracefully fried fruit on the coffee table and other delicacies, but also with butter, piled tsampa Sang the fire, chanting auspicious prayers, pray for protection of God bless the new year peace wishful. Some families will be fully open roof tent, holding smoke in the kitchen shelf offering worship ceremony. If the Account smoke billowing indicates the year To get rich; if smoke rising from the roof line, it is a sign of good luck continued.
costumes, the whole family gathered account, seated by seniority, elders first to say I wish you all good luck, the younger generation to return to health of the elderly HE longevity, then co-head horse worship, and the family ate and sing, dance and entertainment, laughter continued all day. two days of visits from the New Year. three days of each other please Neighborhoods guest, tribal group visits, entertainment feast, do San Huan.
start from the third day, a variety of communication and entertainment will be opened a chapter. Amdo Tibetans in three days of the first month of the year as the most auspicious day, all kinds of celebrations are concentrated in this held the day, girls on top of the ceremony, the ceremony to the age-old boy shaved, uxorilocal husband ceremony, new house built celebrations, wedding ceremonies and so on. Some years, relatives and friends have participated in seven or eight non-stop party, both joy and excitement, but also tired of all the . fourth day, fifth day, the relatives, friends among the elderly in each village invited guest of the day, is generally one day take a three or four to a guest of the wine blessing to sing songs, performances by Jiuxing (limited to adult males). the main square in addition to catered rich food wine, the singer but also to prepare enough songs in praise of wine, music, girls, women with early exercise Guozhuang dance, to add to the fun entertain visitors. visits gathering will generally continue into the first month ten five days, or February 2.
Arrow Festival
inserted in the Amdo region, each tribe has its own patron saint. the protection of the tribes is a very devout worship of God rich in offerings, the arrowheads is the most important one, which led to the production of plug section arrows. Insert Arrow Festival time due to different customs of the tribes, there are two days of Lunar New Year in February, there are also lunar June 17. In addition to the family without a male others, but almost all are male plug arrows.
thickness of the sized, smooth and straight, as long as slashing the bark of the trunk Shu Zhang, cypress tree in the rod tip and bound and white wool, tie color moire triangles board (usually painted tiger yellow, black and white moire auspicious patterns), one kind of symbolic feathers to make the arrows. In the days of blue sky thousands of miles, against the rising sun, valiant men were dressed in costumes, shoulder Arrow anti-Ling , pushed across the next horse in the cheers of their own tribal gods to the presence of the Pass Pass exclusion forward!
ceremony in the village arrows inserted began. first program is Wei Sang. Sang smoke signals to communicate with God. second procedure is to the sky Young Caesar, ; wind horse Ling Gao Qing their arrows, slowly clockwise circle around the table Sang simmer, and then pile of arrows to switch around the plug, and then inserted into the stack only then focus around the arrow (the article called .
It growled again feverishly God of War fame, tits add cheer to the mountain bile; a gun is airing in the air gun, said her admiration and devotion. ritual ceremony, the climax.
finished insert arrows, some tied to the God of War auspicious color colored streamers wrapped around some people ox hair twisted rope pull for the sky with a rope, mountain willing to help themselves in the dying days of rope to take when In some areas, people still Yamane arrows inserted at the Jockey Club, archery competitions. in many places the arrow section inserted together with the Festival Function, Arrow Festival inserted after the Festival Function will open his head.
Hong wave Section
firewood stove boil tea. cloistered monks will take this opportunity to carry out some chess, pyramids by round, the game handball cultural activities full of amenities. Later, as a fixed holiday, spread to the people.
Festival Function today, has become a people enjoy singing and enjoy life a grand festival. June grass, green expanse, flowers in full bloom, a Dingding tents, mushrooms after rain, shine bright deep in the grasslands. deer hunting shows, horse, Pegasus shooting, horseback endless tug of war hh programs,cheap UGG boots, group race, mutton, just pan fried dried fruit, candy, snowflake-like seeds floor, the collectors of the generous, the rough eleven show. the men and women under the sun, dressed in the body, festivity triumphantly, boundless joy, the melodious The harp, cheerful pot village, singing and dancing with you into the ocean!
complicated matters aside, put aside depressed mood, temporarily forget the suffering and sorrow, in the embrace of nature, in the passion and beauty in full song hh
flowers flowers festival festival
Zhouqu Gannan County Bo Yu tribal festival, held in the fifth day of lunar month every year. Bo Yu Bo is the local Tibetans in the valley, plug Kong, iron dam,Discount UGG boots, dam, Pat Lenz five tribal alliance, mostly Pema Tibetan ethnic lines, is said to be the Tibetan from Tibet Nyingchi Gongbo'gyamda, Bomi and other places levy made frontiers of the tribal Corps. they in the history not with the outside marriage, self-contained, the formation of a typical forest communities.
According to local legend, ancient times, Yu Bo in the name of a beautiful lotus smart girl, who taught Bo Yu wasteland to farm, spinning weaving, changed the way people in the past to eat wild game, leaves When the original animal skin clothing habits. lotus flowers to the girl often taken up the mountain to treat the villagers. There May tenth year, she was up the mountain flowers, the results met the storm, died in cliff fall under. from local people Lotus set to commemorate the fifth day of May, the day the girl. In order to carry forward the spirit of selfless dedication to the Lotus girl, Bo mountain valley girls were taken by loquat flowers to commemorate this special form of the lotus girl, gradually became a local national holiday. Another kinds of argument is that a long time ago, from one field to the ingenuity, Huarongyuemao Mingjiao Lan Chi Han girl, her spinning weaving, embroidery sewing techniques to teach the Tibetan sisters here, and later, Lange girl fifth day of the death that day in May, local women to express grief, to the mountains to collect the numerous flowers on her grave mound. Since then, May the fifth day of the lunar year, people have collected Shanhua, and on this section, from generation to generation . legend is a legend, after all, for now the flowers section, the expression of the Tibetan people more romantic and great love for life.
fifth lunar month, the plants blooming, flowers are blooming. From the fourth day of midnight, the whole 15 rural villages of the young men and women, in pairs carrying food and green with a rich wine sling naked, into the depths of the forest, pick flowers in full bloom loquat (azalea) and the hearts of the beautiful love. In the evening, a rewarding experience flowers on the head sticking out, holding hands, carrying the colors of flowers in the sling, from the serpentine twists and turns in the woods trail diffuse the song children, beaming back from. Cuntou Village mouth, big crowds, brilliant in the song rushed to pick flowers and flowers received on behalf of happiness and good home.
real holiday activities held in May, the fifth day. On that day, neighbors and the village of Tibetan girls dressed eight travel, they wear beautiful and colorful embroidery Huaqun, brain before the hanging a shiny silver platter, the head was filled flowers, charming Ruo Yu, Mi-yeon like flowers. Bo Square, the river valley flow, such as weaving, people in festive costumes Angela. old people each hada, mutual respect and wine, the young The people dance and sing, rejoice. the river cheered Bo Yu, a flower, until the setting sun, all night long. U.S. Huan Meilun natural scenery, folk customs singular simple, drawn on a warm harmony between man and nature picture.
million tug of war
Lintan old area (now the county seat) Lantern million tug of war game (locally known as Shanda's games. According to historical records in the Qing Dynasty: outcome, that is, the abundance of age accounted for Yan apologize. rope and material requirements. The new China was founded, old people as a mass tug of war is an important part of sports activities to flourish. this has been listed on the Guinness World Records, called the highest in the world.
Lantern Festival when the moon rising, a few tens of meters long, two factors of ten hemp rope (in the past with hemp) put West Street. is the day turned out, the county north and south around the two teams composed of people spontaneously, at an end, has Potential to go. whistle sounded, a tug of war began to Simon for the community, everyone rushed out, all shoot, chant the sound of resounding cheers, the momentum of the spectacular, and the scene of the event, unparalleled. a poem: Do not Yangzhou his night. pine and cypress, during hanging colored lights, Ying Xiangtie two couplets, the whole town of Pine shelf with Tsui, ablaze with lights, Colorful, is not called the night.
Zhouqu Lantern Festival, there are even more exciting a play, that is, ; to patrol San Fu. is the day, people gathered in the county far and wide, visiting the Temple incense lanterns, Strolling Tsui branch trees, greenery bucket Yan, Huayuan garden poetry, couplets were double pine shed on the streets, Zheng Du her mother, bit Ji Chuan spark will set off firecrackers at home, and King bearers tobacco and alcohol, to show piety shuttle. Tibetan people, especially young women compete for ended.