Qiema- An Essential Mascot for Tibetan New Year

A Tibetan hot spring experience is not complete without join one of the Tibet festivals, especially Tibetan New Year. When Tibetan New Year is approaching, you will find that a Qiema box is placed on a Tibetan cabinet in every Tibetan family. They use the Qiema to express their wish for good harvest and auspiciousness in the coming year. The Tibetan family can make the Qiema boxes by themselves or purchase on the market .Explore Tibet Team, a professional Tibet travel agency, today introduces this unique Tibetan mascot- Qiema to you.

Qiema, as an essential mascot for Tibetan people to celebrate some important Tibetan festivals has already last for years. Qiema box is a kind of offerings, when you step into a Tibetan family during Tibetan New Year, and the old Tibetan grandma will offer Qiema to you. To express her best wishes and hope you have a happy new year. Besides, Qiema is also used as a kind of gift for offering to friends or neighbors, which to express best wishes.
Qiema boxes are made of two-tier rectangular wooden box and filled with colorful roasted barley, butter sculptures and tsamba. The method of making Qiema box is not too much complicated. Firstly, you should put barley sculptures, tsamba, and Qingke spikes into each side of a two-tier rectangular wooden box. Then, put colorful flowers and highland barley spikes are stuck in the middle of the Qiema for decoration. The outside of the Qiema box is covered with many exquisite carvings, as well as painted beautifully. Each thing of the Qiema is mascot. Barley is a token of good luck, and tsamba symbolizes health and a good harvest.
When you visit a Tibetan family as a guest, may be you can receive a gift of Qiema if you are luck .Explore Tibet Team,,a professional Tibet travel agency, offer earnest invitation to you to Tibet.