Gemo Township, ABA County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province

Gemo Village

ABA County governs the township. Guangming township was set up in 1958, and gemotawa was established in 1960. Guangming commune was changed in 1973, Gemo commune was renamed in 1978, and Gemo township was established in 1984. It is located in the northwest of the county, bordering Qinghai Province in the northwest, 7.5km away from the county government. It covers an area of 56.36 square kilometers and has a population of 3360 (2017). Aju highway passes through. It has jurisdiction over three village committees, namely, Russian village committee, Xiongwa village committee and chamutan village committee. Agriculture mainly produces highland barley, and some animal husbandry, including yak, horse, sheep, etc.

On June 8, 2020, the people's Government of Sichuan Province abolished Gemo Township and divided the former administrative region of Gemo Township into the administrative region of Gemo town.

brief introduction

The whole township is high in the West and low in the East, high in the South and low in the north. The climate is cold temperate continental climate, and the frost free period is 113 days.

resources

It is rich in resources. There are 560000 mu of natural grassland, 114200 mu of livestock feed land; underground rich in minerals, river sand, bentonite, yellow sand soil; trees: willows, shrubs, etc.; herbs: lyre, Sparganium, folium macrophyllum, Allium, Manglietia, etc.; medicinal plants: Astragalus, Fangfeng, Paeonia lactiflora, polygonatum odoratum, etc. The township is rich in ground and underground water resources, which flows through Yimin River and Huihe river. the grassland style is well preserved. It is the only area that collects nine types of grassland in Inner Mongolia. It is also the most gorgeous and magnificent section of grassland in northern China, known as "Paradise Grassland". Here, the grass is like a sea, the herds are like clouds, the yurts are like buckles, and the rivers are flowing with silver. The scenic spots under its jurisdiction include "Mongolian hot" which integrates Mongolian folk culture of clothing, food, housing and transportation; there are "nomadic tribes" which reproduce the life landscape of nomadic people in ancient grassland; and there are "forest grassland ecological areas" which display the characteristics of the transition zone from forest grassland to meadow grassland. These three scenic spots are the first choice for tourists at home and abroad to enjoy the beautiful grassland scenery and the nomadic customs. Traveling here will give you unlimited spiritual enjoyment.

natural resources

It is characterized by wide distribution, high grade and easy exploitation. There are 60 kinds of mineral resources and 310 mineral resources, including 14 large deposits, 20 medium deposits, 37 small deposits and 239 ore occurrences. The reserves of coal, salt, Glauber's salt, gypsum, limestone, iron, copper, gold, graphite, marble, bentonite, dolomite and granite are considerable, including 1.47 billion tons of coal, 130 million tons of salt, 49.6 million tons of Glauber's salt, 100 million tons of gypsum, 440 million tons of bentonite, 38.5 million tons of iron and 60 tons of gold. The whole banner has 69 million mu of grassland, 1.2 million mu of forest land and 240000 mu of cultivated land. In particular, the Helanshan National Nature Reserve has 360000 mu of primary secondary forest, which is the natural ecological barrier of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and even North China. Yaobatan, Chahar beach, gelingbulong beach and Xitan well irrigation areas and bayinmaodao, laoyatan, shuangjingtan and manshuitan Yellow River irrigation areas have been developed and constructed successively. The main agricultural products are wheat, corn, sorghum and other high-quality grain, forage, oil beans, melons, fruits and vegetables. Alxa Bactrian camel and Alxa white cashmere goat are the two local excellent breeds of livestock, "Wangfu camel" ”Won the international "Amika camel hair Award", with an annual output of 210000 kg. Alashan white cashmere, known as "fiber gem", has won the third international chagna cashmere award in Italy. Its fineness, luminosity and whiteness rank first among similar products in the world. In fact, it is the best cashmere with an annual output of 160000 kg. There are many kinds of wild animals and plants in Alxa Left Banner. Rich in Cistanche deserticola, licorice, ephedra, astragalus, Suoyang and other traditional Chinese medicine village, there are snow leopard, argali, wild donkey, deer, blue eared pheasant, deer, lynx and other wild animal resources.

scenic spot

Gemo Temple

Located in the northwest of ABA County, Sichuan Province, the ancient gelupai Temple of Tibetan Buddhism is 13 kilometers away from the county seat and covers an area of 18000 square meters. It is a temple of gelupai sect, which has both obvious and secret cultivation. Gemo temple, also known as Huiyuan temple, is one of the three Gelug monasteries in Aba Prefecture and one of the branches of Labrang temple, one of the six monasteries of Huangjiao. It was built in 1790 in the 56th year of Qianlong reign. It was founded by chadeqing, the great chibagong of Labrang temple, according to the meaning of the second jiamuxiang living Buddha. It was originally named Faxiang temple, more than 200 years ago. Gemo temple is built on a big caobazi, and its architecture is exquisite and luxurious. Beside Gemo temple, there is the Xianmi lecture hall of Gemo temple. there is a special building in Gemo temple, which is a "residential" Confucian school. It not only has a Confucian hall, classrooms, but also students' dormitories, providing food and living facilities. At present, 135 monks live and study here. Luo sansuonan, a Han monk who graduated from Tianjin University and worked as a programmer in Beijing, is one of the students. In 1996, when working as a programmer in Beijing, Lausanne sonan met LianBo living Buddha. He has always been very interested in Buddhism. When he encountered confusion in the process of studying Buddhist scriptures, he asked LianBo living Buddha to solve the problem. In 2001, 30-year-old lausansounan went to Wutai Mountain to become a monk. Two years later, on the recommendation of LianBo living Buddha, he went to Gemo temple to study the scriptures of Gelug Sect. The name of luosangsonan was given by LianBo living Buddha, which means "good wisdom" and "good fortune". In 2002, Gemo Temple integrated the modern school management system into the study of monks in the temple, and collectively studied the five great treatises of Xianzong in the form of refresher classes. There are more than 10 graduates in the first phase of 2009, and 43 graduates in 2010 and this year. At present, there are 135 monks in the training class. After 10 years of development, the MoSi school has formed a complete learning system. According to the Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar, the school sets three kinds of work and rest time each year. the work and rest schedule from April to October of the Gregorian calendar will be implemented in the near future. Get up at 5:30 in the morning. At 6 o'clock, all the students go to the chanting hall for morning classes. Then they go to church in groups and recite the Scriptures. Breakfast starts at 8:30, class recitation and review starts at 9:00, self-study and class, and lunch starts at 12:30. in the dining hall at the back of the school, there are eggplant, green pepper, cabbage, kidney beans and other vegetables, as well as Zanba and butter for lunch. Before the meal, everyone recited the Sutra of offering food and the Sutra of offering three treasures. The management monks of the school would take advantage of the meal time to issue "tickets". On the "ticket" are the names of the students, the mistakes they made and the punishment methods. According to zangjiacuo, a monk in charge of the school of Confucian classics, the punishment measures are to kowtow in the chanting hall for a long time. The short time is three minutes, and the long time may be two or three days. according to the work and rest schedule, there will be another class at 3:30 p.m., followed by all the students' activities of debating scriptures. When the reporter visited Gemo temple on the 10th, LianBo living Buddha held a lecture in the Bodhi Pagoda in the afternoon. Lausanne sonan and other students went early to wait to listen. before the sermon, believers had gathered around the Bodhi pagoda. Most of them were old people, women and children, because many young people had gone to the mountains to dig Fritillaria and Cordyceps at this time. When you enter the pagoda hall, you can see hundreds of monks sitting around. At about 2 p.m., the sermon officially began. From time to time, hada, coins and other objects were thrown from the back to the location of LianBo living Buddha. there is a microphone on each side of the seat of LianBo living Buddha, so that its voice can be clearly transmitted to the ears of believers outside the hall. Some monks listen attentively, some sit upright and close their eyes as if they are settled, and some read the Scriptures and compare them Most of the religious people outside the hall sit on the ground, holding rosary beads and listening quietly. There are also young children running around.

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