The charming Shoton festival

 Most of the festival is happy and exciting. For the Chinese people, the spring festival is the most important. However, the foreign friends are deeply in love the Christmas day. Surely, there must have some special festival in everyone heart. Who knows?

So, what the most special festival for the Tibetan? It is Shoton festival. And to tell you the truth, the Shoton festival is one of the biggest festival in the Tibet. All of them also take their lots of interest and care when the Shoton festival. Well, what is the Shoton festival? And when is it? How will the people do in the Shoton festival? Take your questions, and let us begin to spend the Shoton festival.

Maybe you have heard some information in the train from Shanghai to Lhasa, or talk about this unique festival with the local people in the travel to the Everest base camp. And the legend about the Shoton festival is devout. It is pretty important for the pilgrims. As you know, the Tibetan is religious to the Buddha. And there are three activities what they will do in the Shoton festival—the sunning Buddha, the jumping Tibetan opera and the barbecue.

There are so many tourists that come to there because they admire its fame. But it is not easy for you to witness the sunning Buddha; also sometimes it depends on the luck. So do remember the date of the Shoton festival is about the end of the June and the beginning of the July. Make the plane for the Shoton in your Lhasa and Tibet travel. The process of the sunning Buddha is breathtaking. The people go to the hidden Buddha before the sunrise, it is dark, but they are so excited. The young, the old, the foreign, the pilgrim…and with the sun out, the hidden Buddha is clear and showed under the sunshine. It is so bright and magnificent. It is said that there will be some sunglow on the Buddha even in the raining day. Wow, it maybe the length of Buddha or soul.

Surely, the jumping Tibetan opera is also fascinating. The people who are from another provinces make the Tibetan opera show together. It is a nice chance you can enjoy the traditional culture of Tibet. Especially for the foreign tourist; if you are having the Nepal and Tibet travel, do not you think it is a wonderful idea to get more know about the Shoton festival?

Also more and more activities which are organized by the office are hold in the Shoton festival. It is funny that if you are interested in the barbecue. The sunshine, the blue sky, the grassland, and the yak…what a natural barbecue will you have!  

So are you interested in a Shoton Festival tour? I believe you not only will spend a wonderful and unforgettable time in the Tibet, but also can harvest the real meaning of the soul and life in the Shoton festival.

 My sweet friend, god blesses you!