The Ongkor Festival, also known as the “Bumper Harvest Festival,” is a traditional folk custom celebrated in Xizang and recognized as one of China’s intangible cultural heritages. “Ong” refers to crops, while “kor” means to circle. Thus, the term “Ongkor” describes the folk ritual of circling the yielding fields to celebrate the harvest. It’s a traditional Tibetan celebration that expresses hope for a successful upcoming harvest while praying for ongoing prosperity.

Recently, in Caina Township of Qushui County within Lhasa City, located in the Xizang Autonomous Region, villagers dressed in new clothes and carried both large and small lunchboxes, with butter tea and highland barley wine on their backs. They started a short parade across the fields on the first day of the Ongkor Festival, showing gratitude to nature for bringing good weather to their harvests.