Maybe you have ever watched the kha-btags from the TV, the newspaper, the radio receiver and know some thing about it. But in your opinion, what does it really means? What the origin of the kha-btags? And if you want to know some thing more about it, yeah, please follow me.
As it is known to us, the kha-btags is the characteristic thing of the Tibet. It is a kind of etiquette supplies. And it is universal than before. It is said that the kha-btags is come from the Sichuan, yeah, there is the delicious food in Chengdu, and the city is like the kha-btags. Also the sight of Chengdu to Tibet travel is like the kha-btags. The kha-btags what is we generally seen is mostly white which symbolizes purity and auspicious. Nevertheless, the white one is one of the kha-btags. And what is the other? Yeah, just as you think, it is unusually special. It has a beautiful name that is the five-coloured hata. It is dedicated to a living Buddha or close relatives and for doing the colorful arrow as the grand gift. You can image how beautiful it is after I told you the name of it. Wow, it is consisted with five colors—the blue, the white, the yellow, the green, the red. What is more, the five colors have their own meaning and symbol. The blue symbolizes the blue sky; the white stand for the white clouds; the yellow show the ground; the green is the water of rivers and lakes; the red is the space Dharmapala. Except this, there are some folk patterns on the kha-btags.
Surely, there is some etiquette that you should pay attention to it when you accept the kha-btages. You should lower the head and let the offer who is elder tie for you. On the contrary, if you are his elders, you can direct hang on him collar. And the friends, you can accept with the hands. the particular Attention, the kha-btags can not be fell on the ground.
Of cause, the kha-btages also have a long history. It is said that the origin of the kha-btags is magic and wonderful. There is a legend that is about a mather and her son. Long long ago, The king and the rich man presented their wealth to the Buddha. But the Buddha did not accepted fortune and felt sad to these people. And there was a poor mother who was with a son. They only had a white shirt, so they tore it to some strips and seamed to a cassock. There was no the transportation what was like today. If you are in shanghai, and you want to go to Tibet, you can get the train begin the Shanghai to Tibet travel. Even if you wanted to start your Tibet travel from Nepal, there also have the train. It is convenient so much.
And then, the mother and her son walked seven days to present to the Buddha. The Buddha was moved and said, “This is the best gift that I have never received”
The moving legend, the special meaning, the beautiful emotion what is the small part of the kha-btags. And although it has its price, the emotion is invaluable. Just like the song about the kha-btags—You are the prairie dancing white clouds; you are the light smog what is from the heaven; you are compatriots devout bless; you are the snow lotus what is in full bloom of snow mountain; you are the opened petals in the heart; you link the friendship and love; you are the desire of the national unity.
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