1. The grand Tan Buddha in the Drepung
The Drepung Shoton has already known as the people all
over the world, it is a special day that make the common peo
ples communicate with the heaven. All the believers and touris
ts go and want to have a look just for the magnificent Budd
ha although all of the watching time which is less than 30 mi
nutes. So, what the details and process of the Tan Buddha.
The imporTance of the Shoton festival for the TibeTan is just
like the spring festival. Well, speak strictly, the Shoton festival
is the holiday for the person who are in Lhasa. It is funny, t
here are seven days for the holiday only in lhasa. However all
of the TibeTans come to the diffirent temple and join in the
royal Tan Buddha. And the Drepung Shoton is the most famou
s and magnificent among the various Tan Shoton festival. In
my opinion, no matter you are ready to have your chengdu to
Tibet travel, or in your trian from beijing to Tibet, you shoul
d go and be close to the god.
Tan Buddha is holden in the from the end of the july to t
he beginning of the august. The TibeTan, the han, the foreign
2. and the people who are form all over the wold, all of them g
o with each others toward the Drepung in the dark. The group
of the believers are devout and wordless. Although in the dar
k, they also stedfast, and I believe if it is in the light day, the
y will complain about the road. Yeah, it is rugged and windin
g. Do you believe? The dark will fight all the difficulty. Ok, I
will not refute if you say there is the god to bless the people.
But the meanful things is always difficult, just like the route
toon your travel to the Everest base camp. You will never fin
d the surprising view after you overcame the problem. The roa
d is filled with the smoke of burning cedar leaf, it well create
d a pious atmosphere. But also makes many people a cough.
They alsocan not stop and catch theri breath, for pedestrians h
ave crowded in a narrow mountain path, can only go forward,
can't stop or retreat. Finally arrived will bask in the Buddha's
that mountain, that is a base of stone mountains, and is sallo
w, stone is off-white. There are many stone engraved color scr
ipture. See hillside leaned a half the size of a football stadium
iron frame, that is used for Tan of the Buddha.
3. It is hard to find a place to witness the process of the Ta
n Buddha, and you will find some people asleep in the mount
ain when they are waiting for the Tan festival. and with the ti
me pass by, there are more and more people in the mountain.
When the time to seven o’clock, the preparation work before t
he Tan Buddha is started. There are thousands of people gathe
r in the valley when the day become brightly. More and more
people are gathered below in hob, it is very difficult to get t
here. They are waiting, and have the strength to speak, previou
sly silence which is in the way is broken. People begin to spe
ak, TibeTan, Chinese, English,although they mutually do not un
dersTand, but all the mood of them are the same. At that time,
4. the atmosphere of it is like the common mass meeting in the
mainland, , but no rostrum, also does not have the slogan. A
high-pitched loudspeakers in the ring, it not broadcast revoluti
onary songs, but a people who speak TibeTan command. All o
f them are Waiting for the sun. It was only about seven o 'clo
ck, the sun to about eight to across the mountains, and hit lig
ht this mountain. So you should get the trian from Xining to
L h a s a e a r l i e r .
At first, the long team which is make the tarpaulin in the
unfold Buddha to protect the Buddha. And when the Lama gr
oup appear, the Tan Buddha is started. The bugle ring out in t
he valley; it is loud; all of the people turn to find the origin
of the sound. And then the shamen who are in red cloth lay d
5. own the rope and tie down the white notify; pull up slowly.
At this time, the tourists are excited; and then exclaim—“wow,
I got it” “look, it appeared”… the magnificent Buddha slowly
come out. From the bosom to the neck, the mouthe, the eyes,
the forehead… finally, all the Buddha get out. And when the
Buddha apear absolutely, the sun raised up in the east of the
Lhasa. Not only all of the mountain is with shine, but also al
l of the Tibet become glory. The process is short, but with sh
aky feel. There is no another procedure and operate perfectly.
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After the Buddha fully expanded, people come up toward the
Buddha, they offer the hada, the coins; these things pile up around
6. the Buddha just for a while. The monks along the edges, and get
these to cast to the Buddha. People use a head to arch, with the hand
to touch. All of them are happiness and devout , and they do not
want to leave for a long time, they just stare at the Buddha and the
people who are close to the Buddha. The sun shine is full of them,
they look like so peaceful. There are numerous road leads to the
Drepung, this fenceless temple is one of the greatest monasteries in
the Tibet.
Under the sunshine and the Buddha light, you all eliminate the
distracting thoughts which puzzle all the time. Believe in me, it is
not a journey for your Nepal and Tibet travel, but a baptism for your
heart. The last but not the least, this grand pageant is solemn and
devout, you also should be a kind-hearted people.
