Do Tibetans celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival?
Definitely!
The Tibetan Dragon Boat Festival in Qinghai is actually the epitome of the Dragon Boat Festival in Qinghai. One word is simple.
But it would be much easier if Lao Liao spent the Dragon Boat Festival at home, haha.
Let's take a look at the folk customs of the Dragon Boat Festival in Tibetan areas.
Holidays are usually prepared one day in advance. Tashi's grandmother bought leeks. I saw so many leeks on the table that I didn't know what she was going to do.
I haven't eaten leeks for decades. I don't eat leek buns, jiaozi, leek scrambled eggs and leek boxes at all.
Why don't you eat it? I have long forgotten that Ken will have a stomachache, but I still heard that it is bad for his stomach.
Chop up fresh leeks and put them in Lu's pot. What are you doing?
Zhuoge said he was going to "plant willows" the next day. There are no willows in the village. Do you want to find the willow tree?
Originally, leek was not the material for making steamed buns, but the important core material for making leek boxes.
It's also empty talk. Just put branches on the door, not willow branches.
I heard that you have to wear sachets. Some people do it themselves, others buy it. Only for little dolls for holidays, older children don't need it, but I don't know how old it is to be a "big child", ha.
Wear not only sachets, but also new clothes. Tashi is brand new from head to toe. Grandma washed his face, and he was reluctant to part with it.
Grandma put all the sachets on him herself, and the other children only put one. He brought three sachets!
Photo: It's not a souvenir, it's for relatives who work outside. Tashi's parents work in Tibet; Dong Zhucai's parents also work in other places. With WeChat, everyone can easily video, make phone calls and send photos in real time.
The talents in Dongzhu put the sachet on the Qinghai page of the atlas to take pictures. This hint is really too obvious.
Young and middle-aged couples who miss their relatives and work outside will worry about the old people, children and relatives who stay in the village every festive season.
Tibetan Dragon Boat Festival food:
Cold noodles: The ingredients of cold noodles here are chopped leeks and topped with hot oil, vinegar and Chili sauce.
Every family has different cold noodles. Grandpa Nima likes fine noodles, while other families like coarse noodles.
Bean jelly: the ingredients are the same as above.
Leek box: every family makes it one day in advance and can eat it the next day. I ate leek boxes three times in a row, which basically filled my leek boxes for decades.
Every leek box is different. For Zhaxi's leek box, I like to eat "outer packaging", and the noodles are crisp and fragrant; Grandpa Nima also has some diced meat in his leek box. It will taste better when it is hot.
Zongzi: Some people can, but not everyone can.
Most of the food in the countryside is made by ourselves, unlike the ready-made food in the supermarket in the city.
Qinghai Tibetan area has a high altitude and the land is not suitable for planting. Tibetans still focus on grazing and animal husbandry, supplemented by planting. Because the products are not rich, the Dragon Boat Festival is relatively simple.
Every family spends the Dragon Boat Festival in this ordinary way.
Tashi's grandparents are still middle-aged laborers. Prepare enough food for the family, feed the livestock, and leave enough cold noodles and vegetables. There are only grandma, Tashi and us at home, and they set out to dig Cordyceps again. They didn't dig Cordyceps the day before, and there are not many days to dig Cordyceps. No one will give up this critical moment.
Grandpa Nima washes clothes for his grandson at home. Why do men wash clothes? Because of his bad legs and grandma's good health, grandma went to dig cordyceps in the mountains. He must take care of his grandson and do housework.
Liao ate a big bowl of cold noodles (a big bowl and a small bowl to be exact) at Nima's house. After listening to grandpa Nima's account of the local situation, my stomach and brain are full.
How do you spend your Dragon Boat Festival? Welcome to share with us.
What is the custom of Dragon Boat Festival in your place?
What happened during the Dragon Boat Festival impressed you deeply?
According to my investigation, not only do people in Tibetan areas celebrate the festival like this, but most people in Qingshan area also celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival like this.