Zhachong Festival

Festivals have always been an important part in Tibetan ethnic culture. People in Tibet find reasons to celebrate something almost every month. Explore Tibet Team, a professional Tibet travel agency, today introduces Zhachong Festival to you.

Zhachong Festival is one of the Tibetan special festivals in Aba County（is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture）,and it is a grand pottery fair. It falls on May 15th to 17th of each Tibetan year. At first, it is a religious event, and then it developed into to a folk and commercial holiday. In Tibetan language, the “Zha” means “the pottery”, and the “Chong” means “the market”. That is to say, Zhachong Festival means pottery fair in Chinese.
The festival falls on May 20 of the lunar calendar, during this time, the people will met and recite the “True Sutra”. During the festival, people from the borders of Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai Provinces will gather to Aba County to do business, especially pottery business. As the pottery was the main product available in the market, and the pottery exhibited in the fair are with high quality and inexpensive here. So the market grows more and more prosperous everyday. Thus, the chanting gradually developed into the spectacular folk festival. Besides, it will hold many activities during the festival, such as horserace, wrestling and Guozhuang Dance and so on.
This traditional festival of the Abas is a good platform for the communication of the economy and culture, and it can promote the economic prosperity in this area. Stay longer in the city to experience the rich culture and hospitality of Tibet with Explore Tibet.