Clothing: traditional jewelry of Along Tibetan people. Tibetan transliteration means earrings. Most of them are made of silver, and a large earring with a diameter of 3 inches is worn by men. The front of the ring is inlaid with coral and pine otolith, and the back has a hook, which is hung on the ear when worn. Tibetan men in Ganzi and Aba are used to wearing two earrings, one large and one small, and the big earring is worn on the right ear. Traditional Tibetan decoration, a kind of broad robe. It is made of wool, wool and cloth by hand spinning. The shape is mostly large collar or round neck, with right opening, one button or no button, and the hem or neckline is inlaid with colored cloth or leopard skin. Traditional Tibetan ornaments with broadsword. It is named because it is often hung around the waist. There are two types: long 2 -3 feet and short 1 feet. Can be used as a weapon, can also be used to cut thorns, usually used to cut meat or other items.
diet: highland barley: the zanba made of highland barley is not only a traditional Tibetan food, but also an important food for entertaining Chinese and foreign guests as a Tibetan food in Lhasa. In religious festivals, Tibetan people also throw zanba to show their blessings. Beef and mutton: Tibetan people mainly eat beef and mutton and dairy products. In pastoral areas, vegetables are generally not eaten, and the diet is monotonous. From a single diet structure, pastoral areas and even Tibet as a whole belong to a high-fat and high-protein diet area. As we all know, beef and mutton are high in calories, which helps people living in high altitude areas to resist the cold.
drinks: all kinds of drinks are indispensable for Tibetan people's nutritious food. Tibetan drinks include butter tea, sweet tea and highland barley wine. Buttered tea and sweet tea are made of butter, milk or milk powder with tea, salt and sugar, respectively. Buttered tea and sweet tea have the function of tea. In Tibet, it is an ancient tradition of Tibetan people to treat guests with butter tea. Whether you walk into a herder's tent, a farmer's mud hut, or visit relatives and friends, the host will always make mellow butter tea for you to taste. Another Tibetan drink, highland barley wine, is brewed by fermenting highland barley. In Tibet, men, women and children drink this wine, and Tibetan people have to brew a lot of highland barley wine before the festival. From April to August in the Tibetan calendar, in almost all traditional festivals and non-traditional festivals, religious festivals and non-religious festivals, Lhasa people will bring sweet and intoxicating highland barley wine to the green grassland, set up tents of various colors, and enjoy singing and dancing while drinking highland barley wine, showing the charm of Tibetan wine culture. Butter is an indispensable food for every Tibetan. Butter is extracted from cow and goat milk. Butter has high nutritional value. There are many ways to eat butter, mainly to drink butter tea, but also to eat it in the glutinous rice cake; On holidays, villagers fry fruits and "kasai" and use ghee. Buttered tea can produce a lot of heat because of its ghee, and it can keep out the cold after drinking, so it is a kind of precious material suitable for alpine regions. The tea juice in butter tea is also very strong, which can also play the role of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Ciba is a major food for Tibetans. The method of making Ciba is to dry and fry highland barley (which belongs to barley, there are two kinds of white and purple-black) and grind it into fine flour, which is the Ciba to be eaten. ▓ highland barley wine is a kind of low-alcohol wine made from highland barley, which is liked by Tibetan people, men, women and children, and is an essential ingredient for festive festivals. When visiting a Tibetan family, it is customary to buy you a drink and fill the glass. You take a sip first and add it. Take another sip and fill it up; I have been thirsty for three times, and finally I have a full cup to drink. ▓ The most common dairy products are yogurt and milk residue. There are two kinds of yogurt, one is cheese, which is called "Daxue" in Tibetan, and is made of milk that has been refined with ghee; The other is made of milk without butter, which is called "Russian snow" in Tibetan. Yogurt is a kind of food after saccharification of milk, which is more nutritious and easier to digest, and is suitable for the elderly and children. ▓ Air-dried Meat Tibetans like to eat air-dried beef and mutton. Air-dried meat is usually cooked in winter, often at the end of November. At this time, the temperature is below zero. Cut the beef and mutton, hang them in the shade, and let them freeze and dry, that is, remove water and keep the flavor. After March of the following year, it is baked or eaten raw, and the taste is delicious.
Taboo: Tibetans are absolutely forbidden to eat donkey, horse and dog meat, and fish is not eaten in some areas. When toasting, guests must first dip a little wine bomb into the air with their ring fingers for three times in a row to show their sacrifice to heaven, earth and ancestors, and then sip it gently, and the host will fill it up in time, then drink it again, and then drink it three times in a row. When the fourth time is full, they must drink it all at once. Guests can't take it until the host holds his hands in front of him. It is forbidden to spit on others' backs and clap his hands. When they meet religious facilities such as monasteries, Manidui and stupas, they must go around from left to right. They must not cross the utensils, braziers, prayer wheels or reverse them. It is forbidden to touch the top of their heads with their hands.