Tibetan New Year
藏历年
The Tibetan New Year is celebrated from December 29 through January 15 by the Tibetan calendar. The calendar,with a history of 1000-odd years, has retained its peculiarities although it was greatly influenced by the Han and other nationalities.
藏历新年是从12月29日到1月15日。其日历，有1000多年的历史，保留了其独特性，虽然它在很大程度上受到汉族和其他民族的影响。
Traditionally all Tibetan families start, in the middle of December, to prepare butter,milk tea,buttered tea，Qingke wine,mutton and some other holiday food. On the night of December 29,they do a thorough cleaning and dump all the waste at crossroads, believing that the dirty things harmful to the health and happiness of the family members are thrown away with it.
传统上所有的藏族家庭在12月中旬开始准备酥油，奶茶，酥油茶，青稞酒，羊肉等一些节日食品。在12月29日的晚上，他们做一个彻底的清洗和把全部垃圾倒在十字路口，他们认为这样就扔掉了有害于家庭成员的健康和幸福的脏东西。
On New Year's eve,the family clean up their courtyard and spray water on it. They adorn the doors and windows with colorful fragrant doth,and display on a table a Qiema (a container),a sheep head,Qingke wine, fruit, etc.
在新年前夕，各家收拾自己的庭院和喷水。他们用丰富多彩的香装饰的门窗，并在桌子上展示一个马形（容器），一个羊头，青稞酒，水果等。
Before daybreak on Tibetan New Year's Day, people bum pine rosin and place dyed Qingke barley and ears of wheat on the roof,a wish for a prosperous new year. Women get up early to carry home buckets of auspicious water from the river. The other family members stay in bed,waiting to wash their faces with the water. This done and livestock fed，men put on new Tibetan robes and boots while women are dressed with colorful Bang- dian (that is，aprons )，and headdress dotted with corals, agates and pearls. The mother of the family then places the Qiema before everyone and each takes a little Zamba out of it while saying prayers like Zhaxidele (all the best) and Geshaersang(Happy New Year). Visits not allowed,all the family members stay home and enjoy holiday food and drinks.
西藏元旦前的黎明，人们混混松树松脂，并将染色青稞和小麦的耳朵放在屋顶上，祝愿新的一年繁荣。妇女早起携带吉祥水桶从河里挑水回家。其他家庭成员留在床上，等待着与水洗脸。挑完水后，喂养牲畜，男人穿上新藏袍和靴子，而女性穿着五颜六色围裙，以及头饰点缀着珊瑚，玛瑙和珍珠。家庭的母亲然后将这些切马放在大家面前和一边说祷告一边说祝福语。不允许探访，所有的家人留在家里，享受节日的食品和饮料。