? Seventeen Taboos that Tibet Tourism Must Know.

Health Guide: Tibet is the yearning of countless people. It is a mysterious land, mysterious because there are too many unknowns, and customs and knowledge are one of them.

1. When receiving guests, whether walking or talking, always put the guests or elders first, and use honorifics, such as adding the word "la" after the name to show respect and kindness, and avoid calling them by their first names. You should bend your knees and smile when welcoming guests. Sit indoors, cross-legged, don't straighten your legs, point your feet at people, and don't look around. When accepting a gift, you should take it with both hands. When giving gifts, bow your head and raise your hands above your head. When offering tea, toast and cigarettes, offer them with both hands and don't put your fingers into the bowl.

2. The biggest thing for Tibetans is killing, and the ordained Buddhists are even more strict in this respect. Although they eat beef and mutton, they don't kill themselves. Tibetans absolutely forbid eating donkey meat, horse meat and fish in some areas.

Tibetans are forbidden to kill. Don't eat, bite or drink water loudly when eating.

4. When drinking butter tea, the host pours the tea, and the guest can only take it if the host holds it in front of him.

5, avoid spitting on others' backs, clap your hands.

6. When encountering religious facilities such as monasteries, manidui and stupas, you should go around from left to right, and those who believe in Boni should go around from right. Don't step over utensils or braziers.

Tibetan temples. The prayer tube and the wheel must not be turned upside down.

8, taboo others touch the top of the head with their hands.

9. Smoking, touching Buddha statues, turning scrolls and knocking on bells and drums are prohibited when entering the temple. For religious objects such as amulets and rosaries worn by lamas, it is forbidden to touch them; Be quiet in the temple, sit upright and avoid sitting on the seat of the living Buddha; Avoid making noise, hunting and killing at will near the temple.

10, avoid sending and receiving items with one hand. When the host pours tea, the guest must pour the tea bowl forward with both hands to show respect.

1 1. Avoid defecating where cows, horses and sheep are tied.

12, avoid using Tibetan paper as toilet paper or wiping things.

13. After entering the Tibetan counting room, the man sits on the left and the woman sits on the right. They are not allowed to sit together.

14, don't throw bones into the fire.

15. Tibetan family members or women should mark the door when giving birth. Some make a fire outside the door, and some stick branches or red cloth at the door. Please don't go in when outsiders see this sign.

Tibetans do not eat fish and shrimp 16. Tibetans generally don't eat fish, chicken or eggs. Don't try to persuade them to eat. But now this eating habit has changed a lot.

17, everyone has a bad day and a happy day. When the days are bad, I can't do anything, so I can only recite scriptures at home or go out to worship Buddha. People think that the end of each earthly branch and the beginning of the second earthly branch in the Tibetan calendar are bad years. For example, everyone's 13 years old, 25 years old, 37 years old and 49 years old (and so on) are all bad years or "year-end", so be especially careful. Read more scriptures, Dobusch, to avoid disaster.

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