(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Lhasa people "cloud" to celebrate the Shoton Festival to pray for a safe road during the "epidemic"
China News Agency, Lhasa, August 28 (Reporter Xing Yi Zhao Lang) August 27 is the 30th day of June in the Tibetan calendar, and the 7-day traditional Tibetan festival Shoton Festival begins.
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, many local people in Tibet have used social media to celebrate the festival in the "cloud" this year, wishing for an early end to the epidemic.
In Tibetan, "Xue" means yogurt, and "Dun" means feast, so the Shoton Festival is also called the "Yogurt Festival".
In May 2006, the festival was listed as the first batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage list.
Traditionally, people will eat yogurt, enjoy Tibetan opera, pass Linka, and watch Buddha exhibitions during the festival.
This year, despite the physical isolation caused by the epidemic, the local people’s sense of ritual “ceremony” remains unabated: some people create and share Shoton Festival cartoons, videos and pictures on social platforms, and some people share the events of Drepung Monastery in previous years, so that believers can’t stay home Households can also relive the special moment of exhibiting the Buddha.
The epidemic has not alienated people from people.
Some people said Happy Shoton Festival to their relatives, friends, and neighbors on social platforms, and called on everyone to actively cooperate with the epidemic prevention work. I hope that every day from now on will be good news. I hope Tibet will get rid of the disease as soon as possible, and everyone can be healthy and safe. See you.
Since the current round of the epidemic, Tibet has quickly organized the main force of local medical staff to fight the epidemic. The central government and many provinces and cities have successively sent medical teams to Tibet to assist, and community and non-governmental volunteers have actively participated in grass-roots services.
Some social platforms collected smiling photos of Tibetan children holding yogurt on the Shoton Festival, hoping to pay tribute to the front-line anti-epidemic workers in the name of "smiling yogurt" and express their determination to fight the epidemic together.
According to the official report, as of noon on August 28, 5 of the 7 cities in the Tibet Autonomous Region have announced that they have achieved zero social status.
Hospitals and square cabins across Tibet have successively turned negative and discharged from the hospital.
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