S festival time
Tibetan every year December 29
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The Tibetan capital Lhasa
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It is said that the TiaoShen section of the meaning and the citizens of Lhasa is the same as the Halloween flooding, its righteousness in the drive, the devil, and wish the good luck in the coming year.
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Every year December 29 the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, on a scale of potala palace is a grand TiaoShen festival, at this time of Lhasa FuLaoXieYou most citizens, the whole family out. TiaoShen dance festival in the content of the show, in most of the dhamma and lama vulgarness eschews the magic, and the custodian of the animals, ghosts health education, the story of a variety of Buddhism.
The potala palace TiaoShen festival in benevolence is gong SaDian held before, the actor from the forest storehouse (nber) shows a lama. Before TiaoShen to chant buddhist scripture, and its offering ceremony held, but don't really kill animals, usually just using the implements or the ground design instead.
TiaoShen began, the drums cymbals, python, uproarious, first by the iron stick lama led the honor guard play, then black hat, the guardian deity, ghost king kong, skeletal YuGuanErHang in turn, a lap, showing various dharma image. Courtesy to finish, subsection of various acting ghosts-gods dance again. In performance between the dance period, but also that of good performance Buddha's this life story fragments, such as pantomime "feeding hooves tiger", "to cut meat trade pigeons", etc. The last one is the spirits to meet then row cheung, all the soldiers absolutely action, and join the pistol and weapons to send "Ga ter, brought him to the temple, fire. Suddenly TuQiang artillery uproarious, Shouting to whistle, ring into one, to drive the evil one year, praying to the blessings of next year.