What are the customs and habits of Tibetans in Tibet? What do you need to prepare for a trip to Tibet?

Eating habits Ciba, ghee and highland barley wine made from highland barley are the main foods for farmers and herdsmen. Ciba is fried noodles made of highland barley or peas. Ciba is mixed with butter tea or highland barley wine, and kneaded into balls by hand for eating. Buttered tea is made by pouring the tea leaves of brick tea into a long barrel with a length of 1 m, adding salt and ghee, and impacting it up and down with a long shaft to evenly mix its various components. Tibetan compatriots would rather have no meat in March than butter tea in a day. Highland barley wine is a kind of low-alcohol wine brewed from local highland barley, which is deeply loved by men, women and children. Most foods are meat and dairy products, and many people like to eat air-dried beef and mutton. Edit this paragraph | Back to the top wedding and funeral customs There are five ways of burial for Tibetans after their death. The most solemn thing is the tower burial. However, only the living Buddha and some lords can enjoy cremation after death. When a child dies, or someone dies of other diseases, they throw the body into the river to feed the fish. This is called water burial. Those who have done bad things before their death are buried in the soil. Tibetans believe that buried people will never be reincarnated. Celestial burial gives people the illusion of ascending to heaven. Celestial burial ceremonies are usually held in the early morning. Before dawn, the family of the deceased will send the body to the celestial burial platform in the northern suburb of Lhasa. The sun rose slowly and the celestial burial ceremony began. Generally, unauthorized people are not welcome to watch. Edit this paragraph | Return to the top. The costumes of Tibetan men and women are intact. Different areas have different clothes. It is characterized by long sleeves, wide waist and big chest. Women wear long-sleeved robes in winter and sleeveless robes in summer, with shirts of various colors and patterns inside and an apron with colorful patterns in front of their waist. Tibetan compatriots especially like Hada and regard it as the most precious gift. Hada is a snow-white fabric, generally about 20 to 30 centimeters wide and about 1 to 2 meters long. It is made of yarn or silk. Whenever there are festive events, or guests coming from afar, or visiting elders, or traveling far away, Hada should be presented as a sign of respect.

Tibetans are widely distributed in Tibet, Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu, Yunnan and other places, with colorful costumes and bold men's clothes; Women's dress is elegant and chic, especially jewelry and jade as accessories, which forms the unique style of plateau women.

Tibetan robe is the main clothing style of Tibetans, and there are many kinds. From the clothing texture, it can be divided into brocade, leather and plain cloth. Tibetan robes are very decorative. In the past, monks and officials had different ranks and strictly distinguished decorative patterns. Tibetan robes are very long, generally longer than the height. When you wear it, you should lift the lower part upwards, and the hem is thirty or forty centimeters high from the foot surface, and tie a belt. Tibetan robes can be divided into fur robes in pastoral areas, colored sleeve robes and embroidered robes in agricultural areas. Styles can be divided into long-sleeved fur robe, wide-shouldered sleeveless women's robe and embroidered robe. Shirts are divided into men's and women's high-necked shirts and women's lapel shirts. The sleeves of women's shirts are about 40 cm longer than other sleeves. Put down your sleeves when you dance, and your sleeves are flying in the air, which is very beautiful.

Bangdian, that is, apron, is a unique costume of Tibetans and an essential ornament for married women. The state code is colorful and strong, or elegant and demure.

Tibetan hats have many styles and different textures. There are ten or twenty kinds of golden flower hats, kicking hats and so on. Tibetan boots are one of the important features of Tibetan costumes. The common ones are "Songbalamu" flower boots with cotton leather soles.

Headdress accessories occupy an important position in Tibetan costumes, vest is the most distinctive accessory, and most of the accessories are related to ancient production. The exquisite headdress is also inlaid with gold and silver jewelry. The headdress is made of copper, silver, gold carvings and jade, coral, pearls and other treasures. Edit this paragraph | When returning to the top national taboo to receive guests, whether walking or talking, always let the guests or elders go first, and use honorifics, such as adding a word "la" after the name to show respect and kindness, and avoid calling them by their first names. When welcoming guests, bend your knees, smile, sit indoors, sit cross-legged, don't straighten your legs, face people, don't look around ... When offering tea, toast and cigarettes, offer them with your hands and don't put your fingers into the bowl. Tibetans are absolutely forbidden to eat donkey meat, horse meat and dog meat, and some areas do not eat fish. When toasting, guests must first dip a little wine in the air with their ring fingers for three times in a row to show their sacrifice to heaven, earth and ancestors, then take a sip, and the host will fill it up in time, then drink it three times in a row. When drinking butter tea, the host pours the tea, and the host holds his hands in front of him before the guests can take it. Don't spit on others' backs and clap their hands. When you meet religious facilities such as monasteries, manidui and stupas, you must go around from left to right. Do not cross the vessel, brazier or prayer wheel, and do not turn it upside down. Don't touch the top of your head with your hands. Edit this paragraph | Back to the top national etiquette When greeting guests, Tibetans should not only dip their hands in wine three times, but also grab some barley in the grain barrel and throw it into the air three times. At the banquet, the host takes a sip first, and then drinks it all at once. After the host finishes the first glass of wine, everyone can drink at will. When drinking tea, guests must wait for the host to bring the tea to them before reaching for it, otherwise it will be considered impolite. Pay attention to eating when you are full, don't chew aloud, don't drink aloud, and don't be picky about food. When entertaining guests with mutton, a piece of meat with a tail at the lower part of the sheep's spine is the most expensive, so it should be given to the most respected guests. When making, leave a lock of white hair on the tail meat to show good luck.

Offering Hada is the highest etiquette for Tibetan guests, expressing warm welcome and sincere respect to the guests. Hada is Tibetan, that is, scarf or silk scarf. Mainly white, but also light blue or light yellow, generally about 1.5 meters to 2 meters long and about 20 centimeters wide. The best is the colorful Hada in blue, yellow, white, green and red. Multicolored hada is used for the highest and most solemn ceremonies, such as Buddhism.