7-Day Lhasa to Kathmandu Overland Tour

1. If you have Tibetan friends, even if the relationship is very good, you should not casually touch the shoulder and touch the top when meeting.
 
2. When addressing someone, it is taboo to call him by his name, you can add “la” after the address, which is equivalent to “Mr.” or “Ms.”.
 
3. When entering the house or tent, do not step on the threshold.
 
4. Enter the room and follow the male left and female right when taking a seat.
 
5. Go to the Tibetan home, the housewife or children to pour butter tea, but the guests can not pick up their own drink, have to wait for the host to hold in front of you before the past drink. Please show your respect to the host by not drinking all the tea in the cup when you leave.
 
6. If you enter a Tibetan home or a temple, you should sit cross-legged, not straight legs, feet facing people, not looking around.
 
7. Refrain from speaking unlucky words or cursing people with foul language in Tibetan homes.
 
8. Tibetans avoid spitting (possibly unconsciously) and slapping behind others.
 
9. During the journey, if you want to photograph pilgrims or residents, please ask the other person’s opinion first.
 
10. It is not allowed to step over the knives, fan straps, horse REINS and saddles of Tibetans at will.
 
11. You must not step over or step on the clothes of the Tibetan people, you must not put your own clothes on their clothes, and you must not step over people.
 
12. Tibetans taboo outsiders through children to inquire about their parents at home.
 
13. In Tibet, children and adults are not allowed to touch their heads, only living Buddhas can touch them.
 
14. Never whistle at night, as locals believe it attracts ghosts and nocturnal spirits.
 
15. Dress appropriately, especially in religious places, and avoid too-short shorts and skirts.
 
16. If a hospitable Tibetan host offers Hada to you, you should bow down and accept.
 
17. Do not be surprised if you see a Tibetan smiling and sticking out his tongue at you; it is a sign of humility and respect, not ridicule. You can also politely smile back at them.
 
18. During the trip, do not buy any wild animal fur, wild Tibetan antelope horn, wild yak skull, etc., in Tibet. This is tantamount to supporting the rampant poaching of wild animals in Tibet. If you are caught with these items when you leave Tibet, you are likely to face great trouble.
 
19. If you travel to Tibet during the Tibetan calendar festival, you need to know that on the first day of the Tibetan calendar, sweeping the floor is taboo, you cannot eat food with stuffing, you are not allowed to swear, quarrel, and you are not allowed to say “empty”, “no”, “illness”, “pain”, “death”, “kill”, “poor”, “don’t”, “unlucky” and other unlucky words.