Shaqiong

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 cattles 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
  1. "An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China" by J. S. Olson
  2. http://tibet.news.cn/gdbb/2009-01/05/content_15363002.htm
  3. http://tibet.news.cn/gdbb/2009-11/30/content_18369164.htm
  4. http://tibet.gqt.org.cn/cyx/ftrq/200904/t20090424_226504.htm
  5. http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2011-05/10/c_13868075_2.htm
  6. 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

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