S festival time
The lunar April 8
S popular areas
Sichuan ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture in kangding county
S festival source
Also called "bath FoJie". About the history of it, there are many folk legend. One thing that April 8 of sakyamuni Buddha is birthdays. This day have Kowloon up water, for Buddha bathing. Kangding nearby the Tibetan people's, and from all directions lined the horse race mountain, revolving around mountains QiuFo, and pray for agricultural harvest, the incoming generation, and evolution for the ethnic rally grand ceremony.
S celebration
By buddhist believers in the lead the invitation relatives and neighbors, with the flag cloth, JingFan sutra, holding a reckoning calling the mouth "revolving around mountains". Its meaning comes from the Tibetan Buddhism "turn anise", the purpose is to avoid disaster praying. The form of turn is various, turn that is small in "the hole material" NaZhuan, turn around the temple and so on, the big turn namely turn a horse mountain a city. Revolving around mountains, Tibetan gathered in horse race mountain, hidden song sing, play Tibetan opera, jump GuoZhuang, build on tents, mountain ping people mountain people sea.
Revolving around mountains will be the Tibetan traditional festival, also called mu FoJie, and god of the hills. Popular in ganzi Tibetan areas in. The annual lunar on 8 April's birth, Kowloon leaves for its water a bath, so it is also said FoJie bathing. Every year this day, and the masses ganzi autonomy in national costume, packed into the horse race the mountain and river more discount. People first to the temple to pray incense burning, paper. Then revolving around mountains offering to god, and pray. Revolving around mountains, rove have a picnic, play Tibetan opera. Sing folk songs, jump GuoZhuang dance, XianZi dance, riders to horse race archery competition. In this period, people had to hold material exchange activities and other cultural and sports activities.