The Tibetan late June in early July, is the annual Tibet has a long history of traditional festivals sholton. In the Tibetan language, "snow" is the meaning of yogurt son, "meal" is "the banquet" mean sholton explain according to the Tibetan language, is eat yogurt son festival. With the historical development, the activities of the later sholton content gradually evolved into to Tibetan opera festival is given priority to, so also somebody is called it "the Tibetan opera festival".
Tibet before the democratic reform of every year on June 29, CangJuTuan early in the morning to all the potala palace to the local competent government Tibetan opera "kirgiz contact list empty" report, and simple ritual performance, and then to get the norbulingka dalai regards, that night to return to drepung monastery. The second day (June 30) for zhe clam sholton, play a day Tibetan opera. On July 1, the Lhasa, Joan ", YaLong, pile of LongDeQing, and the wood and Tibetan opera regiment in the norbulingka joint performance. July 2 to 5 day, again by jomzi, the kernel, south forest, Lhasa, the Tibetan opera group took turns in a day. During the sholton capital, Lhasa, the general public and suburbs farmers also put on holiday dresses, take food and drink products, to watch the norbulingka Tibetan opera performance.
After the democratic reform, except for Tibetan opera festival sholton outside, and other various professional literary group and amateur WenYiDui to participate in the performance. The Tibetan people through the rich and colorful art performance, sing psalms to the party, sing praise to happiness of new life.
At present, with the reform and open policy the deepens, along with the rapid development of economic construction and the broad masses of the cultural quality is increasing day by day, changed a single literary activity way, culture and art and commodity sales exchange of goods trade negotiation, talent exchange and sports programs is an organic whole, make the traditional sholton become a "culture DaTai, economic and trade act in an opera wide make friend, investment promotion" and both grand and grand festival.