“转神湖”——12年一遇的藏族盛会(英文)

• 作 者: 王建军
• 出 处: Women of China
• 发表日期: 2005年07期
• 关键词: 纳木措湖 浪卡子县 湖岸线 西藏阿里地区 天湖 圣湖 Tibet changeable rites custom

纳木措是藏语“天湖”的意思,与西藏阿里地区的玛旁雍措、浪卡子县的羊卓雍措合称为三大圣湖。每当羊年来临, 按照西藏的传统,人们都要顺时针转湖一圈,即所谓羊年大转湖。神圣的纳木措湖每12年都会吸引众多虔诚的藏民前来转湖。届时,整个湖岸线上人流滚滚,蔚为壮观。

Namtso is the meaning of Tibetan “Tianhu Lake”, which is the same as the “Three Great Sacred Lakes” with Matiao Yongcuo in Ngari, and Yangzhuo Yongcu in Langchazi County. Whenever the year of the sheep comes, according to the tradition of Tibet, people must go clockwise around the lake, the so-called “Year of the Lake”. Every 12 years, the holy Namtso Lake will attract many devout Tibetans to turn to the lake. By then, the whole lake coastline billowing crowd, spectacular.