Darma Festival

In the morning on June 22, Tourism Bureau Gyantse County hold Gyantse Darma Festival organized folk style landscaped area promote tourism meeting in Lhasa, more than 150 travel agencies participate in this seminar of the region.
 
    This style landscaped area will formally open on June 28 to tourists when the entire area will be carried out unique national characteristics such as horse racing, cow, horse racing, archery, bouldering, dance and other colorful folk activities and the establishment of national goods showrooms etc.for tourists round, deep-level, multi-angle learning about ancient Tibetan culture and Gyantse Culture with free parasols, delicious mellow sweet tea, Tibetan snacks, water and free oxygen and other meticulous service.
 
    Gyantse Dama festival folk tourism style landscaped area is People's Government and Tourism Bureau of Gyantse County for speeding up the development of tourism resources Gyantse, to further improve service facilities and promote the tourism industry science and rapid development, tightly around the construction of tourist county, county tourism the main line, based on the ancient city of Gyantse, to Gyantse "Dharma Festival" folk culture as the basis to create a punch after Rola glacier area.
 
    "Dharma Festival" originated in the area of Tibet Gyantse County, has been 600 years till now, has being included in the second batch of approved national intangible cultural heritage, belonging to thenational folk culture festival. "Dharma Festival" in Tibetan means horse archery. His Holiness said Raodansangpabasang prince was the Interior Minister of Sakya dynasty, had a quite good prestige among the masses. After his death, his disciples did commemorate sacrifices every year to remember him, however was interrupted due to the war. Tibetan Fire Rat (AD 1418) Raodangongsangpa prince being the king, compliance parent wishes to restore the ritual, the Tibetan calendar April 10 to 17 is formulated to recall his grandfather, the 18th is the development of the Buddha, Sacred, wrestling, horse racing, running stone and many other sports activities. Since, this period of each year fixed for ceremony festival, till AD 1447 ruling Gyantse, festivals gradually increase, the addition of horse archery competitions, art competitions, since they formed a "Dharma Festival.