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Mid-autumn Festival in Tibet

2012-09-29 07:40:00 | From:

Being one of the most important festivals in China, Mid-autumn Festival has been more and more popular in Tibet Autonomous Region.

Lingering in local supermarkets, various mooncakes have been displayed on the shelves several days before the holiday, attracting customers passing by, which make the store full of festal atmosphere.

According to local people, mooncakes of this year are much simpler without excessive packages that have been used in the past few years, and many gift boxes of different brands have been in sales and are widely welcomed.

Acutally, Tibetans don’t have the tradition of celebrating Mid-autumn Festival. Instead of it, they have an unique festival for family reunion-Evils Dispelling Festival on December 29 of Tibetan Calendar, on which day Tibetan families gather together to cleanse evils away and welcome the new year.

On the other hand, in Tibetans’ mind, the days when moon is full are perceived as auspicious, thus many religious festivals and horse races are held on these days. Now more and more Tibetans begin to celebrate Mid-autumn Festival with the increasing cultural communications with Han and other ethnic groups. It is normal that Tibetans receive greetings from Han colleagues and friends during Tibetan traditional festivals, and will return their best wishes when encountering festivals of Han ethnic group. Festivals of various ethnic groups will be celebrated in Tibet harmoniously.

Further more, Lhasa residents can enjoy Tibetan flavor moon cakes for the first time during Mid-autumn Festival of this year. Being named “autumn on the snow land”, the moon cakes sell well since its coming to markets, especially welcomed by inland tourists, who take it as special souvenirs.

Customers are choosing mooncakes in supermarket of Lhasa. [Photo/ China Tibet Online]