Why Tibetans Do Not Eat Fish

Tibetan people are famous for their hospitality, but they also have some special taboo, such as their eating habits. They like to eat meat, but not eat horse, dog and donkey meat or fish.Explore Tibet Team,a professional Tibet travel agency, will explain why Tibetans do not eat fish to you.
From long time ago,most Tibetans refrained from small animals,such as eating fish, snake and other small animals. They regard fish as the incarnation of the god of water and never attach them.So they think eating fish is sinful and never attach them.They believe that only devils and bad villain will eat fish, snake and other small animals.

Traditionally, Tibetans take water burial as one of different types of funerals,and they believe that the water burial is a way to sacrifice to the river god. Fish just perform the duty of disposing the corpse just as vultures do in sky burial. As a token of respect for the Tibetan tradition, people who loved fish would never catch nor eat fish and they have a fear that the bones of the fish will get stuck in the throat.
Besides,Originally in Tibet Buddhism, fish is also one of the eight auspicious.It is regarded as the earthly representative of God, and it is an emblem of happiness. Our soul can emancipate, and liberate from the sea of suffering.
Nowadays,there have been big changes in the diet of the Tibetan race under the impact of social modernization. Younger generation see no taboos,and they agree that all food that is not poisonous is edible. This just like a kind of psychological emancipation for Tibetan society.However,there is also some people do not eat fish in some areas of Tibet, so please respect their diet habits.
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