Chemar, a kind of offerings that used during Tibetan New Year. Chemar is offered when you step into a Tibetan family during Tibetan New Year and the grandma will wishes you a happy new year by offering Qiema. It is a two-tier rectangular wooden box containing roasted barley and food prepared with butter.

Tibetan lamas make colorful plates at a lama temple in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. These plates are made from butter and will be inserted on Chemar, a two-tier rectangular wooden box containing roasted barley and food prepared with butter, parched barley meal and sugar. Local people are making preparation for the Tibetan New Year, which falls on Feb. 22, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]

Photo shows colorful plates which are made from butter and will be inserted on Chemar, a two-tier rectangular wooden box containing roasted barley and food prepared with butter, parched barley meal and sugar at a lama temple in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.[Photo/Xinhua]

A Tibetan presents Chemar, a two-tier rectangular wooden box containing roasted barley. Local citizens sing and dance with traditional customs to celebrate the Tibetan New Year.  [Photo/Xinhua]

These colorful plates are made from butter and will be inserted on Chemar, a two-tier rectangular wooden box containing roasted barley and food prepared with butter, parched barley meal and sugar. Local people are making preparation for the Tibetan New Year.[Photo/Xinhua]