摘 要: | LATE summer and early autumnare golded seasons on the Ti-betan Plateau.Xodoin Festival.a major holiday featuring Tibetan op-era performances,is celebrated annual-ly by the Tibetan nationality.Duringthe festival people go on outings,orwatch theatrical performances.Xodoinmeans butter picnic in the Tibetanlanguage.Originally it was not a Tibe-tan opera festival,but a part of Tibe-tan lamaism.Tibetan-Buddhist tem-ples had a rule that during a certainperiod in summer monks must stayindoors and study.Only after thatperiod were they allowed to go out fora rest.At that time Buddhist followers.especially farmers and herders in sub-urban areas,took well-prepared butter
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