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Experience:
Get close to the
local family and explore the real Tibetan life;
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Horse
race and arrow shooting are popular sports on the vast expanse of
grassland in Tibet, which has a history of more than 500 years in
the regular festival ceremony, starting from Gyantse in back Tibetan
area. During the year of 1408, In memory of the local King Rapten
Kunsang, the festival falls on the 10th -27th of fourth month in
Tibetan calendar again and a rule is made that all recreations will
start from 28 . From 1147, shooting on gallop was added to the original
schedule of events, that’s the nowadays Gyantse shooting on gallop
Festival. From the middle of the 17th century, the religious activities
have turned to a symbolic part. Large -scale horse race and archery
comepitions are the most important part in the festival, lasting
3 days. From the 15th century, horse race and archery activities
were gradually introduced to Lhasa, Qiangtang、Kongpu and other areas.
The Lhasa horse race and archery activities, reaching its peak during
the period of Dalai V, starts after the Great Prayer Festival and
lasts 4 days.The Horse racing festivals held in Nagqu are the grandest
of the racing festivals and events throughout Tibet each year, held
in late July and early August in Zang Lunar. Among them the most
famous is the “Dangmujiryang” in Damxung Plain, lasting five to
seven days,similar to that of Gyangze, During which ,simple religious
ceremony will be held and then the horses will be examined and identified
, followed by horse race and arrow shooting competition. Many people
will take part in it and commercial activated are in addition to
all the above.
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