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Art OF TIBET
Painting and sculpture are two of the most representative items in Tibetan art. Tibetan painting is originated from ancient rock paintings, which mainly depict animals such as deer, yak, sheep, horse, and hunting activities. During the Tubo period, the art of painting was flourishing. Specially, after Buddhism was introduced to Tibet, the religious paintings had been further developed. They have paid more stress on absorbing the art essence of India, Nepal and Han national cultures with unique splendor and style. The expressive form in Tibetan painting mainly is in stone inscription, fresco, Thangka, etc.

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Harvest Festival in Tibet




Wearing festive dress, farmers from Lunbugang Township in Maizhokunggar County, Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China, walk in their fields Tuesday to mark the annual Tibetan Harvest Festival. The direct translation of the Tibetan word for the festival means "walking around the crop fields" and local farmers across rural Tibet observe the tradition before harvest. Many places also hold horse races, dancing and other activities.


Tibetan Spring Ploughing Day


Tibetans at Neqoin Village, Doilungdeqen County in rural Lhasa donned festive clothes on March 3, the fourth day after the Tibetan New Year, to celebrate the "Spring Ploughing Day."
The Tibetans also offered each other and their tractors "hada", auspicious white silk scarves, to wish a bumper harvest.
Neqoin Village, a well-known provider with well-bred seeds for entire Tibet, has achieved constant harvest for the past 18 years. Per capita annual income of its villagers has topped over 2,000 yuan (US$ 250).

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Blessing of the dagger of exorcism

The Three Great Monasteries each had its own noted religious festivals: the "Lubum" festival for Drepung, the "Taktse Drupcho" Taktse Drupcho" for Ganden, and the "Blessing of the Dagger of Exorcism" for Sera, There is no written record as to the source of the "Dagger of Exorcism", but the legend goes as such:
The Dagger of Exorcism was discovered by theIndian sage Padmasambhava from the walls of a stupa named, "Deje," in a place called Silwatsal in Indian in the 8th century. He brought it to Tibet and hid it under the earth at a place named Yerpa Sewa Dong. In the 12th century a yogin named, "Dachar", dug it from the hidden place. Many years after, it was received to the presence of Kunkyen lodroi Rinchen, the founder of the Je college, who kept it in the Hiyagriva (the Horse-Necked One) shrine as an important relic for the college. In the time of the 5th Dalai Lama, it was taken to Drepung monastery where he started giving blessings with it to people which was the stating point of its blessings. Later its blessings were given to people from the Potala palace. Finally the date 27th of the Twelveth month was fixed as the day for its blessings to be given to people by the Abbot of the Je college. On that day the staff of the Je college in festive attire first took the Dagger of Exorcism to the Potala palace, then to the Cabinet Ministery to offer blessings, and finally at their return to the Je college a general blessing of the Dagger of the Dagger of Exorcism was given to the monk and lay communities.

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Universal Prayer Festival

The Universal Prayer Festival is celebrated on the 15th of the fifth Tibetan month.
It is called "Zamling Chisang" in Tibetan, meaning "Universal Incense Offering Day." The event is to commemorate Padmasambhava's Subjugation of evil spirits. People go to monasteries and burn juniper branches.

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Tibetans enjoy Ongkor Festival

*Women of Xinba village are dancing on farmland, photo taken on July 14, Xinhua.
*Villagers of Xinba village enjoy Ongkor Festival, photo taken on July 14, Xinhua.Ongkor Festival in Tibetan is to wish for a bumper harvest. The date of Ongkor Festival is not a fixed one, but it is decided according to the time when the Qingke (a kind of highland barley) ripens in each village. The Ongkor Festival, which lasts three days and will be celebrated a few days before the harvest, we will see all the villagers, men and women, young and old, put on their best holiday clothes. After the Ongkor Festival, locals will start their intense autumn harvest.