Shaqiong (沙琼), or Shaqiong Deng Village (沙琼僜人村) in full, is a village in Zayü County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
The life style of the aboriginal tribal Deng people has been changed a lot in Zayü County. The religion of the Deng people is an eclectic mixture of Deng animism and Lamaist Buddhism.[1] In the 1960s, the Chinese government relocated the Deng people in the plains from the mountains. In the 1980s, lands and cattle's were distributed to the Deng people.[2] Agricultural Bank of China started to promote microcredit in 2001, providing the Deng people the access to modern agricultural facilities.[3]
Tourist attractions in Shaqiong have been being developed since 2003.[4] Highways have been built in the Shaqiong village with help of the Guangdong Province.[5] However, foreigners were not allowed to enter Zayü as of 2011.[6]
References edit
- ^ "An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China" by J. S. Olson
- ^ http://tibet.news.cn/gdbb/2009-01/05/content_15363002.htm [dead link]
- ^ "通过小额信贷致富奔小康 僜人村成了"信用村"_新华网". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
- ^ "团察隅县委". Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
- ^ "我国僜人将告别"部落时代"——西藏察隅县僜人村见闻_地方频道_新华网". news.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsSltA6L1T8 [远方的家 720HD] 边疆行 (38) 秘境察隅 / 做客登人山寨 1/3 at 7:36