Dashi Delek

The long history and exotic religion of Tibet allures more and more tourists every year. If you happen to be in Tibet with absolutely no knowledge about Tibetan culture, but you may always hear a sentence “Dashi delek” between Tibetan people. Do you know what the meaning of it is? Explore Tibet, today will introduce it to you.

Dashi delek, also written tashi delegc or trashi delek or in Chinese transcription zhaxi dele, is a Tibetan greeting sentence,which means auspicious. People use the phrase to express their wish to others, such as “good luck” or “May all auspicious signs come to this environment.

Traditionally, the phrase of “Dashi delek” is used as part of a larger invocation on Tibetan New Year. Today, the usage of “Dashi delek ” has roots in premodern Tibet, and that Chinese Tibetans’ exclusive usage of “tashi delek” for New Years’ is overwhelming. “Dashi delek “as a polite greeting way which could also be easily picked up by foreigners. As an essential of Tibetan culture, “Tashi Delek” also becomes a name of a website that provides information and promotes Tourism. Besides, it is also the name of a great hotel in Tibet.The phrase is also used in Bhutan, there is a company in Bhutan called Tashi Delek.

Most Chinese know that there is a song called Zhaxi Dele with lyrics by Rongzhong Erjia, a Tibetan, and music by Chang Yingzhong, a Han Chinese, and he is popular in Tibet. These words of the song are widely known by Chinese people.Explore Tibet Team,a professional Tibet travel agency,offer earnest invitation to you to Tibet.