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Father of Tibetan-Tunmi Sambuza

2015-12-02

Tunmi Sambuza was a great early Tibetan society linguist, translator, the first master of Buddhist dissemination and the enlightenment of Songtsang Ganbu. His name and his immortal achievements will be forever in history and admired by future generations. During the 7th century AD, Tunmi Sambuza was born in the Tunmi family of Tunbaigou (now Nimu County) in the upper reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River. His father, Tun Mi'alu, was both an eminent monk of the Bon religion and a former minister of the Tubo Zanpu Songtsen Gampo. Mother's name is Ah. Tunmi Sambuza has been clever and intelligent since she was a child. At the age of thirteen, recalled to the palace by Songtsen Gampo

Origin and Formation of Tibetan Medicine

2015-12-02

Tibetans are one of the ethnic groups with a long history and glorious culture in China. Tibetan medicine is the five outstanding inventions of the Tibetan people (the five small inventions and the five great inventions are ten Ming. The five Ming: rhetoric, rhetoric, rhyme, drama, astrology; the five Ming: technology, medicine, phonology, orthotics, Buddhism.) One of the great culture. It is a summary of the experience of the ancestors of this nation in the struggle against various diseases on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau since ancient times. In the long historical development, it has absorbed many essences of other fraternal nationalities and foreign medicine, and has continuously supplemented, improved, invented and created it. Become a branch with revolutionary national characteristics

The Legend of Tibetan Origin

2015-12-02

In the first half of the 7th century AD, Tibet had its own writing. The legend of "macaque becoming human" has been recorded in the book "The King's Legacy" by Tubo Zanpu Songzanganbu. Subsequently, Tibetan historians of all ages agreed that man was transformed from the macaque. For more than 1000 years, the legend that the Yalong River Valley is one of the birthplaces of mankind has been widely spread in Tibetan areas. Compared with various absurd preaching such as Nuwa's "kneading earth to create man" and the Western "God created man", it obviously has a certain scientific truth. Tibetan legendary ancient macaque, covered in long hair and red face, first lived in groups with other macaques and birds and animals in the large forests of the Yarlung Zangbo River valley in Tibet.

Tibetan Sports Activities in the Tubo Era

2015-12-02

Tibetans are a nation that loves sports and entertainment. As early as the Tubo era (7th-9th century AD), horse racing, archery and other sports activities were popular. Tubo's famous Zapusong Zan Ganbu is an athlete. He likes to assassinate wild horses and wild yaks in a fast gallop on horseback. The history books say that he once cut off the head of a wild yak with a knife. This kind of "galloping" game gives people excitement and tension far above the Spanish bullfighting scene. During the Chisong Dezan period, after the completion of the Sangye Temple, a grand celebration was held and there were various performances. A famous Opala performed a unique skill of riding a camel. He was able to ride a camel in

Tibetan in Minority Languages

2015-12-02

Tibetan is a language used by Tibetans in my country. It is mainly distributed in the Tibet Autonomous Region and parts of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan provinces. It belongs to the Tibetan-Burmese branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Modern Tibetan has the following characteristics:(1) the initial consonants of voiced consonants tend to be clear, and the reserved initial consonants in some areas are all derived from the basic voiced consonants of ancient compound consonants, and it has a complementary relationship with the tone (5) There are two types of true compound phonology, nasal and non-nasal.

Butter Flower

2015-12-02

Butter flower is one of the three artistic wonders of Ta'er Monastery, the holy land of Tibetan Buddhism in China. As an oil-plastic art, butter flower is a variety of Buddha statues, figures, landscapes, birds and animals, trees and flowers, pavilions and pavilions carefully shaped by art monks in the cold winter season. Its works are lifelike, colorful and exquisite. During the Lantern Festival, the Ta'er Temple will exhibit the butter flower works collectively made by the flower monks, attracting many domestic and foreign tourists to visit. The butter flower, known as one of the three wonders of the Ta'er Temple art, attracts many domestic and foreign visitors every year with its exquisite craftsmanship. This year, the butter flower made by the artists of the upper and lower houses

Tibetan etiquette "offering hada"

2015-12-02

There are many theories about the origin of hada. According to legend, in the era of Zongkhapa, the ancestor of the Yellow Patriarch, the habit of giving each other hada and showing respect to each other had been formed on the Tibetan plateau. Another folklore claims that the Buddha's light and the hungry clouds in the sky are signs of boundless happiness and good luck. Offering hada is the most common etiquette of the Tibetan people. In Tibetan areas, weddings and funerals, welcoming and sending, worshiping elders, seeing Buddha statues, seeing off far away, etc., all have the habit of offering "Hada. Offering "Hada" means to express purity, sincerity, loyalty and respect to the other party. The Tibetans entered the temple gate, first presented a hada, then worshipped the Buddha statue and visited the temples.

Shelton Festival

2015-12-02

"Shelton Festival" is one of the traditional festivals with a long history in Tibet. Shelton is a Tibetan translator, meaning "yogurt feast", so Shelton Festival was interpreted as a festival for drinking yogurt. Later, it gradually evolved into the performance of Tibetan opera, also known as the "Tibetan Opera Festival". The traditional Snowdon Festival takes the exhibition of Buddha as the prelude, so it is also called the "Buddha Festival". At the same time, there are wonderful yak racing and equestrian performances. Origin of the festival: According to the regulations of the Gelug Sect (Yellow Sect) of Tibetan Buddhism, the ban period is from June 15 to July 30 of the Tibetan calendar every year. Lamas of temples and temples are not allowed to go out to avoid trampling on insects. They can only go down the mountain after the ban is lifted on July 30. When the lama went down the mountain, the farmers and herdsmen took out

Tibetan Unique Marriage Custom "Love Diagrams and Grab Hats"

2015-12-01

The love between Tibetan young men and women is open. As long as the two sides fall in love at first sight, the sweet first love life begins. There is a popular way for young men and women to express their love among Tibetans in Yunnan. "Love hexagram" is called "Japanese dream prayer" in Tibetan. Although it is a kind of magic, the "love hexagram" of Tibetan youth has more game color, which is a mind guessing game with love as the content. All young men and women who participate in the "Love Diagrams" each take out a small object that best represents their own thoughts and put it in one person's hand. The person in charge of the object shakes all the small objects in his hand and secretly takes out one for everyone to guess. So its

Tibetan Marriage Customs

2015-12-01

Tibetans have formed a complex marriage system in the long river of history. In the Tibetan areas before the democratic reform, in addition to the generally popular monogamy, there were also polygamy and polyandry. In addition, a strict class marriage system was implemented. Intermarriage was strictly prohibited between slave owners and slaves. Slave owners paid attention to "matching the family". The basis of marriage was not the love between men and women, but wealth and status. Since the majority of serfs had no personal freedom and had a personal dependence on the slave owner, when serfs and serfs married, they had to seek permission from the serf owner first. After the liberation of Tibetan areas, the old form of marriage has been completely abandoned, the implementation of monogamy. Freedom

Tibetan Everyday Appliances

2015-12-01

For every Tibetan family, the butter barrel is one of the most basic daily utensils, because they have to use it every day. Butter barrel is divided into two kinds. One is a bucket for lifting butter from milk, called "Xuedong". This bucket is relatively large, about four feet high and nearly one foot in diameter. It is a productive butter bucket often seen in pastoral areas. One is the daily buttered tea barrel, which is called "Jia Dong" in Tibetan ". This barrel is smaller than "Xuedong", about two feet tall and about half a foot in diameter. Some buttered tea barrels are very small, only more than a foot high, which is suitable for carrying out. Butter barrels-whether "snow dong" or "a dong", are generally two components. A

Bai Ram-Tibetan People's Traditional "Women's Day"

2015-12-01

In the days of the extraordinary Bai Ram Festival (Tibetan Fairy Festival), I wish my female relatives and friends health and happiness! Beautiful and rich! Tashi Dele! "Great women, always guide human upward"; Goethe. "Bai Ram" Festival, the 15th day of October in the Tibetan calendar, is the traditional Tibetan festival "Bai Ram" Festival, also known as "Fairy Day" and "Women's Day". It is an exclusive festival for Tibetan women. "Bai Ram" is Tibetan, also translated as "Bai Zalam" and "Bai La Rizhu", which means "auspicious heavenly daughter" in Chinese ". According to legend, Bai Ram is the eldest daughter of Bandanlam, one of the highest protectors of Tibetan Buddhism, and is related to Chi Zunzan, the protectors of the Jokhang Temple.
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