Gesar Epic is the longest epic found in the world. It has over 120 volumes, over 1 million verses and over 20 million words. So from the perspective of length, it already exceeds the total amount of other world famous epics.
October 1st (Nov. 30th, 2016) is the Nyingchi Gongbu New Year in Tibetan calendar, and it is also the earliest Losar in Tibet.
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Tibet New Year is the most important festival for Tibetans. It is also known as Losar in Tibetan word. “Lo” means “year” and “sar” means “new and fresh”. So “Losar” means “new year”. Normally, the festival is celebrated for 15 days and the first three days have main celebrations.
Tibetan chess is a game like weiqi (also called a game of go or go chess). In ancient times, mainly upper and middle ruling classes could play it. But for now, normal people can play the game popularly.
For nearly a thousand years of history, Lhatse Duixie, a traditional Tibetan folk dance that integrates song, music and dance. It is particularly popular in Lhatse County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region.
In this week, gale is prevalent in Tibet weather for most parts. Some parts of high elevation areas have moderate snow. There will be accumulated snow in the border area of Nagqu, Qamdo and Nyingchi, so please be cautious when traveling to these areas.
Tibetans are usually conservative in their clothes. They usually wear long-standing and unique Tibetan clothing together with colorful ornaments that featured by various styles and patterns. Archeologists claim that the clothing history of Tibet already has more than 4,600 years of history.
Tibetan rug is an ancient traditional, handicrafts which is one of the world’s three famous blanket. The weaving of Tibetan rug is unique, with bright and unfading color, soft and delicate texture, coupled with a strong national color pattern, it has a high appreciation value.
Tunba Village
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Tunba village locates 200km west of Lhasa. It is the home of TIbetan language because Tunmi Sangbuzha was born here. He is the founder of Tibetan language.