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Tibetan Culture Guide

Tibet developed a distinct culture due to its geographic and climatic conditions. While influenced by neighboring countries and cultures, including Nepal, India, and China.

Tibet's religion. Tibetan culture and identity is inseparably linked to Tibetan Buddhism. Religious practice and Buddhist principles are a part of daily life for most Tibetans.

Tibet's specific geographic and climatic conditions have encouraged reliance on pastoralism, as well as the development of a different cuisine from surrounding regions, which fits the needs of the human body in these high altitudes.

China is a unified multi-ethnic country. As a lovely member of the big family, Tibetan has always been in close contact with other ethnic groups. Through thousands of years of mutual absorption and promotion, Tibetan have developed their own splendid culture like a shining peal in the world.

Tibetan people are the main ethnic group living on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Under the profound influence of ancient Bon Religion and Tibetan Buddhism, unique folk customs and aesthetic taste took shape. Tourists can see the panorama of Tibetan culture through Tibetan history, arts, medicine, festivals, handicrafts, architecture, foods and drinks, etc.

As we all know, different peoples have different local customs and habits. There is no exception for Tibetans. They have created various forms of entertainment to amuse themselves, like horse racing, archery, singing and dancing, etc. However, there are some traditional recreations still unknown to outsiders. Please see more below.

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Sky Burial: Tibetan Funeral Practice
Sky burial is a mysterious Tibetan funeral practice in which the dead body is placed on a sky burial platform to be devoured by vultures or other birds. In Tibetan Buddhism, sky burial is believed to represent their wishes to ...

Tibetan Culture and Arts
Tibet developed a distinct culture due to its geographic and climatic conditions. While influenced by neighboring countries and cultures, including Nepal, India, and China, the Himalayan region's remoteness and inaccessibi...

Tibetan Language and writing
The Tibetan language is classified as one of the 23 Tibeto-Burman languages spoken within the border of the present day China in the Himalayan region, but there are clear variations in dialect from Ladakh in the far-west to th...

Tibetan houses
Tibetan houses are widely different from region to regions, in the central Tibet it is built by combination of stone, earth and wood, where in the eastern part use mostly wood and very thin wall in the outermost, some part in ...

Tibetan Food & Drink in Tibet
Tibetan farmers mostly grow barley, wheat and potatos, which require only three months to produce, from barley they make Tsamp and flour from wheat, which then store for the use of whole year around, Tsampa is the main stable ...

Tibetan Prayer flags
Prayer flags were originally used as talismans to protect Tibetans during the war. It is originated from Bon religion that people used prayer flags for protection, and it is printed symbols such as snow lion, dragon, and tiger...

Tibetan Thangka painting
Thangka painting is an ancient Tibetan Buddhist art form, which has been practiced in Tibet since from 7th century. Thangka simply is the Tibetan word for painting. Thangka is a painting of various deities and venerab...

The lonely Tibetan Antelope
A British explorer used to describe Kekexili in his diary as follows “ .Hundreds of thousands of female Tibetan antelope, together with their little lambs, spread all over the land, from here to the unlimited horizo...

Tibetan adult girl ceremony
The Tibetan rite of passage is a ritual in which a person crosses the threshold of society. The sign of a person's entry into adulthood is a difference in clothing, and this is mainly reflected in the change of girls' ...

Losar Tashi Delek ལོ་གསར་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས།: Tibetan New Year
In Tibetan, Losar refers to the New Year, and Tashi Delek means auspicious. Losa Tashi Delek means Happy New Year, auspicious.   In the texts of the oldest Buddhist teachings in Tibet, the Yongzhongben Sect, ...

Movies on Tibet: 8 films about the Tibetan Plateau
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest plateau in China and the highest in the world, known as the "Roof of the World" and "Third Pole". Such a place full of countless people's feelings, there will na...

Tibet Currency: Tibet Currency and History
Tibet is a mysterious and beautiful place, and many people are attracted by its rich and colorful culture. However, most people do not understand the monetary system and use of this place.   Tibetan currency ...

Tibetan Stupa or Chorten: Tibetan Buddhist Architecture
Tibetan Stupa, called chorten, is a mound-shaped Tibetan Buddhist architecture used to collect Buddhist relics and preserve the bodies of renowned lamas. Tibetan stupa evolved from the monument built by Buddhists after the Nir...

Tashi Delek Meaning
We all know that there is a word in Tibetan, called Tashi Delek. In all kinds of film and television dramas, we often see Tibetan compatriots saying this Tashi Delek, and they are all casual, mantra-like existence. &n...

Tibetan Nomads: The Life of the Tibetan Nomads
On the vast Tibetan Plateau, Tibetan nomads led an extraordinary way of life, nomads roamed the lands with their herds of yaks, drifting across the vast landscape with no specific place to call their home. Traveling from one g...

Buddhist Bracelet Meaning
Tibetan Buddhist bracelets are more than just a fashion accessory, they hold deep cultural and spiritual significance. Handcrafted in Tibet using traditional techniques and materials, these bracelets feature intricate knots an...

Tibetan Priest: The voice of a Tibetan pastor
Pastor Dawa is currently pasting and teaching theological training in Nepal. He was born into a Tibetan Buddhist family. Because of his strong physique, he served as the personal guard of the Dalai Lama. Under God's miracu...

Green Buddhism: The meaning of Green Buddhism
Buddhism is fundamentally about seeing “reality” as it really is. This may have been interpreted as an individual hero quest in the past, but for us — here, now — it encompasses facing the climate crisi...