Other related Tibetan folk customs

Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County is located in the east of Qilian Mountain, with Jingtai in the east, Yongdeng in the south, Qinghai in the west and Gulang in the north. It is the gateway of Hexi Corridor. It is one of the ancient roads of the "Ancient Silk Road". The county covers a total area of 765,438+049 square kilometers and consists of Tibetan, Han, Tu, Mongolian, Yugur and Hui nationalities 16. Tibetans are the earliest ethnic minorities living in Tianzhu. Tianzhu belongs to Amdo Tibetan area in history, commonly known as Huarui, which means a region or tribe suffering. Huarui in history refers to the north of Huangshui, the east and south of Hexi. It includes Tibetan areas such as Ledu Beishan, Huzhu, Menyuan, Danone East, Tianzhu, Gansu and Sunan Imperial Capital in Qinghai, among which Tianzhu is the main area of Huarui. According to the comprehensive analysis of historical records, folklore, customs, languages and other materials, Huarui Tibetans lived in Tianzhu after the Qiang and Stone nationalities who lived in Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan became subjects of the Tubo Dynasty in 663 AD. The customs and habits of this tribe are unique. In the history of Huarui Tibetans, they were purely engaged in animal husbandry, grazing by weeds, and the Tibetan people lived under the silvery snow mountain for generations. Looking around the world, there are white clouds floating in the blue sky and white cattle and sheep floating upstream. I ate white ghee, Baba, a brown shirt and a white fur jacket. Wearing a white felt hat, the gift is white Hada. In this environment, the Tibetan people have a special feeling for white. White is a symbol of auspiciousness, happiness, ideal and prosperity. Compared with other ethnic groups, Tibetans have their own unique custom of respecting white. Han people think white is unlucky. Only when people die do they wear white clothes, white hats and white shoes to express their sadness. This is the unique aesthetic taste of Tibetans, and it is also worth studying.