Paying Homage to the Holy Mountain Festival: The 4th of the 6th month by Tibetan calendar is a religious festival for the front Tibetan area. It is believed to be the day Sakyamuni first preached a sermon with a prayer wheel. On this day, people go to monasteries and temples to pay their homage to Buddha, to offer joss-sticks and to circumambulate holy mountains; they have picnics and enjoy themselves with singing and dancing in the fields.

　　　　

BUDDHA-UNFOLDING FESTIVAL

Place: Xigaze (Shigatse)

Time: June

Content: The Buddha-unfolding Festival at Tashilumbu Temple was created by the first Dalai Gengdu Zhuma some 500 years ago. The festival lasts for three days. Different portaits of Buddha are exhibited each day. They are hand-embroidered on silk or satin. The Buddha-unfolding Festival is an important religious activity at Tashilumbu Temple for scripture chanting, prayer for rain and also a joyous festival for masses in rear Tibet.