The 19th China Lhasa Shoton Festival

The 19th China Lhasa Shoton Festival was solemnly started out at Potala Building Rectangle on the night of Aug Seventeenth, 2012. "Happy Lhasa, Social Shoton" is the concept of the Shoton Event 2012.

Lhasa is an historical town which incorporated the custom and modern harmoniously. Shoton Event is a conventional festival of Lhasa, which could be old back to the center 1200's. It was fistly descends from Drepung Monastery, an essential monastery of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Generally, it would be famous in the end of September or September according to the Tibetan schedule.

Shoton Event is also mentioned as Yoghourt Event since Shoton means eating yoghourt in Tibetan. Very funny Tibetan safari performance, serious Buddha Display play part in the party of Shoton Event. Hence, Shoton Event is also called Tibetan Opera Event and Buddha Display Event.

Shoton Event was first of all organised by Lhasa Govt in 1994. It has designed into a huge conference gathered the conventional Buddha exhibition wedding, creative performance, sports competitors, investment welcoming, business settlement, handcraft marketing, and enjoyment travel and enjoyment from an unalloyed spiritual festival. Shoton Event performed great part in the marketing and growth of the Tibet travel and enjoyment several since many years ago.

Every year, there is always a variety of visitors both at home and overseas would hurry to Lhasa have fun with the special environment of Shoton Event. Tourists making a Tibet tour in Aug during the party of Shoton Event could observe the spectacular and serious Buddha exhibition wedding in Drepung Monastery and relish the hilarious Tibetan safari performance in Norbu Lingka.

It should be mentioned that the travel and enjoyment sources in Tibet are quite scarce during the party of Shoton Event for a huge number of visitors in Lhasa. The picturesque areas in Lhasa are always populated by visitors. Tourists are highly recommended to book the entry passes of the most popular areas, such as Potala Building in advance.

Source: people.com.cn




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