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Tibetan new year celebration

Tibetan new year is a traditional festival to all tibetans.

the date of tibetan new year is calculated by tibetan canlendar; before 7th century, the date of this new year is by the harvest time of barley, a local production, like wheat.

After Songstan Ganbu unified Tibet in 7th century, he married a princess from central China - Tang Dynasty, from then on, the chinese canlendar, mathematics, planting, and other skills were spreaded into Tibet; gradually, the local tibetans accepts the Chinese Han canlendar, based on this and compremised with local astronomy, canlendar, they founded the traditional Tibetan canlendar; from then on, they celebrated their new year on the first day of the first month of the year by tibetan canlendar, just like Chinese Han people did.

the preparation starts on the last several days of the 12th month of the passing year, and will be officially on on the last night of the 12th month of the passing year, and last for 15 days.

during the days, local people will hold diffenrent types of celebrations, since all tibetans believe in Tibetan buddhism or other types of religions, so, he celebration will hold strong asmosphere of buddhism rituals.