Lazhen is a beautiful Tibetan woman. Unlike the Tibetans we imagined, she has dark skin and plateau red on her face. Probably the reason why she doesn't need to graze herself now that she has a good life. My Kwarasey Jane's earrings are very beautiful. She proudly said that her husband made them for him.
A group of us led by Rajan walked into her yard. Vegetables were planted on one side of the yard, and a low wall was built around the vegetable garden. The low wall was surrounded by Gesang flowers and a prayer flag was planted. On the other side of the yard, there is a solar water heater. The house is a two-story building, and there is a satellite pot on the roof to receive signals. Rajan said that they also have a network, but the signal is unstable, so they sometimes use this signal receiver.
Entering the living room on the first floor, Lazhen warmly greeted us to sit down, with men sitting on sofas and women sitting on stools, because Tibetans are a nation where men are superior to women.
There is a stove in the middle of the living room, and water is burning on the stove, so the room is still very warm. As soon as we sat down, Rajan began to explain to us the wisdom of her family and people in Xizang.
Rajan said that it is not allowed to take pictures in the indoor place where Thangka, the Buddha statue, is worshipped, because Rajan said that only the Buddha takes pictures of people, and no one takes pictures of the Buddha. Taking pictures is disrespectful to the Buddha, so I only took a few outside.
Rajan said that Tibetans are not all smelly because they only take three baths. The three baths of life refer to three baptisms, birth, marriage and death, and they are washed with precious Chinese herbal medicines!
The highest position in the family is Rajan's sister Ajia. She can sit on the sofa of any family in the village because she is a teacher. In the past, only boys in Tibet could go to school. Because the Han people subsidize the poor mountainous areas, Sister Lazhen is fortunate to receive subsidies. After returning from school, she became a teacher in Tibetan areas, teaching Tibetan children.
There is also a second brother and second sister-in-law in charge of farm work, and Lazhen is the third daughter-in-law. Her husband made silverware and murals on the cupboard and wooden benches for the Virgin Mary. Lazhen's husband studied painting, sculpture and Tibetan medicine culture in the temple, and married Lazhen after returning from secularization.
In Tibet, these skills are passed down from men to women. Boys here will be sent to temples at the age of three, but the eldest son will not, because the eldest son has to support his family. In addition, when they come back from school, they will send two sons to the temple to take care of their wives and children, and they will also leave one son in the temple. This is their religious belief. Each family must leave one person to be a monk in the temple. So there were four brothers, three brothers and two sisters in the temple.
In the eyes of collectors, prestige depends on the golden pots at home, not gold, but brass, which represents compassion among Tibetans. The Golden Pot was donated by 30,000 living buddhas, and the Golden Pot was donated by 1 10,000 living buddhas. There are thousands of such golden pots and pots in their home, which are enshrined in the Buddhist temple on the second floor.
Some people say, are you stupid? If you have so much money, you can buy a better house and give your children a better education. Why did you donate money to the temple? Because Tibetans used to be serfdom, children went to temples to study, and they went to temples to get sick. The living Buddha took a fancy to a penny and sent them back. Now that the conditions are good, we should be grateful and give back. The living Buddha said that kindness can be used and God will send it.
Lazhen said that the old people here are different from the old people of the Han nationality. Many elderly people in the Han nationality will leave a lot of wealth to their children. But the Tibetan old people will only leave three things, house, land, yak, and all the other money will be donated to the temple. They think that more wealth will make children lazy, and children who are not bitter will not be sweet.
Lazhen's house was built by her husband and second brother. They also have cars and scooters, all bought by themselves. Old people will not support their children.
Lazhen told us that there are many prayer flags hanging and standing on some mountains in Tibetan areas, that is, holy mountains. When you pass by, you recite the Heart Sutra. Nani Beibei coaxed, "Shenshan will bless you. If you see a prayer flag here and there, it is where people are buried after death. Tibetans have no tombstones, only prayer flags. After months or years, the prayer flags were blown away by the wind, and there was no place to bury people. So today is just Tomb-Sweeping Day. They think people should live well when they are alive. People die, their souls are gone, and nothing can be done.
Three days later, the children they gave birth to will take them to the temple and let the living Buddha take a name, because Tibetans are a family with no name. After taking it, they will carve their names on a silver bowl, and then the living Buddha will recite the Peace Sutra and pray for the child's life.
Laura also introduced the importance of silverware to Tibetans, especially to women who are closely related to health. They eat with silver bowls and chopsticks, not to show off, but to purify water and identify some bad foods.
When a woman marries her in-laws, her mother-in-law will give her daughter-in-law a silver belt when she is pregnant, which will be adjusted according to the size of her stomach. Besides being beautiful, the silver bracelet is said to have health-care and dehumidifying effects, and can also be used for scraping.
Finally, of course, you must have guessed that it was a silverware mall. This kind of publicity is actually quite good. At least I feel very worried, that is, let everyone know the cultural customs of Tibetan silver collectors and promote the Tibetan silver industry chain.
Even if the trip here is all over, I will return to Mianyang around 8 pm.
I have never traveled so seriously. The above information about Lazhen's family and Tibetan customs was compiled after I recorded it. It provides some information. If not, I think I may forget it after listening for a while.
These two days I am thinking about how to improve the density of life and the delicacy and richness of my feelings about things. I think words are a good tool.