Tuolin Town, Zada County, Ali Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region

Tuolin town

Tuolin Town, as a place name, belongs to Zada County, Ali Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China, which is a town under the jurisdiction of Zada county. Located in the middle of Zada County, it is 79 ° 8'e and 31 ° 4'n with an average altitude of 3800 meters. Tuolin town is the residence of the people's government, the people's Congress and the Party committee of Zada county. It is also the site of the famous Tuolin temple. The urban area of Zada county has expanded to 0.3 square kilometers, with a permanent resident population of 2860 (2017). It is the political, economic and cultural center of the county. The town has one community neighborhood committee and two administrative village committees, namely Tuolin community neighborhood committee, Bolin village and Dongga village.

In January 2019, Tuolin town was selected as the seventh batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China.

geographical position

Tuolin Town, located in the middle of Zada County, is the resident of the people's Government of Zada county. It is located at 79 ° 8'e and 31 ° 4'n, 1760 km away from Lhasa, the capital of the autonomous region. It is adjacent to Daba Township in the East, MenShi Township and kunsha Township in Gar County in the north, Xiangzi Township and sarrang Township in the west, and India in the south, bounded by the snow peak line of Himalayas. This traditional boundary line is located in gongsangbu (bridge), crossing jiazhagangga River in the west of sangsha and congsha areas, and then passing manashankou in the East, with a length of about 100 km. The average altitude of the town is 3800 meters, the hottest average temperature is 31 ℃, and the coldest month temperature is - 24 ℃. The annual average temperature is 7 ℃, the annual precipitation is 170 mm, and the frost free period is more than 130 days.

Evolution of organizational system

Tuolin town historically belonged to zaburangzong in Tibet. In October 1956, zaburang Zong and Daba Zong merged to set up Zada Zong office. It belongs to Zada Zong office. In May 1960, the Tibet Autonomous Region established Zada county. It belongs to Zada county. In October 1976, zaburang district was established in Zada County, which has jurisdiction over three townships: Tuolin Township, Dongga Township and Bolin township. Tuolin Township belongs to zaburang district. In 1996, zhaburang district had jurisdiction over three townships, among which Tuolin Township had jurisdiction over three village committees: Tuolin village, Zhabu village and Malang village; Dongga Township had jurisdiction over three village committees: Dongga village, bodongbo village and Peiyang village; Bolin Township had jurisdiction over three village committees: Bolin village, Kazi village and duocun village. Tuolin Township belongs to zaburang district. In 1999, the District of Zada county was merged with the township, and the District of zaburang was abolished. The original administrative regions of Tuolin Township, Dongga Township and Bolin Township were merged into Tuolin Town, and the county was directly under the central government.

administrative division

In 2014, Tuolin town governed the neighborhood committee of Tuolin community, including Bolin village and Dongga village, with a total of 1 community and 2 administrative villages. The neighborhood committee of Tuolin community governs three resident groups: Tuolin, Malang and zabugang. Bolin village has three villager groups: Bolin, Kazi and Duoxiang. Dongga village has three villager groups: Dongga, Peiyang and Baidong.

Population data

In 1996, the population of Tuolin town was about 0700. In 1998, the population of the town was 919, including 434 males and 485 females. in 2000, the resident population of Tuolin town was 1797 (Wupu). in 2010, the resident population was 2014 (the sixth census in 2010). 2860 permanent residents (2017).

Administrative code

Tuolin Town: 542522100 Tuolin neighborhood committee: ~ 001121 Bolin Village: ~ 201220 Dongga Village: ~ 202220

traffic

In 1965, the first highway from zadatuolin town to Shiquan river was built, with a total length of 279 km. In 1984, the second highway to Shiquan river was built, with a total length of 380 km.

Tourist attractions

Tuolin town has national key cultural relics protection units, such as Guge Kingdom site.

tholing

"Tuolin" means to fly in the air and never fall. It is the crystallization of architecture and Buddha art in Tibet, India and Nepal. The murals in several halls are still vivid. There are hundreds of pagodas in the Xiangquan Valley beside the temple. location: northwest corner of Tuolin Town, Zada County, on foot. Ticket: 30 yuan. Tuolin Temple used to be large in scale, with 3 main halls and 10 small halls. Although the monks' houses around it have been used for civilian use, the remaining city ridge still shows the magnificence of that year. The existing temples in the temple include Baidian and Guokang. There are thousand year old antlers preserved in Guokang, which is said to be a rare treasure left by the ancient imperial concubine. In addition, there are a large number of pictographic patterns on the top of each hall, which has become a research garden for archaeologists and philologists. according to records, there were frequent wars in Tibet at that time, and Buddhism declined. In order to promote Buddhism, yixiwo built the temple and invited famous Buddhist masters such as renqingsangbu and damopollo to write books here, which played an important role in the development of Tibetan Buddhism in the post macro period. Later, yixiwo wanted to invite adixia, a prominent Bangladeshi monk, to preach in Ali. In order to raise the bride price, yixiwo went to war everywhere to search for gold. When he led his troops to the state of Gallo to plunder, he was defeated and captured. The king of the state of Gallo claimed to use yixiwo to redeem his gold. Yixiwo refused to be redeemed and asked his descendants to save gold to welcome adixia. After hearing this, adixia was deeply moved and decided to go to Tibet to promote Buddhism. In 1036 ad, adixia, an eminent Indian monk, and his 24 disciples came to Ali to give lectures. He lived in Tuolin temple for six years. He taught Buddhism and refined theory here, and finally wrote many works such as on Bodhi daodeng. Six years of Buddhist teaching promoted the development of Buddhism in Ali area. According to reports, adixia came to Ali to live in Tuolin temple, so Tuolin Temple became famous and its status rose sharply, attracting tens of thousands of monks from the front and back of Tibet. In 1076, religious circles held a Dharma meeting to commemorate the death of adixia in Tuolin temple. Monks from Tibet and Xikang region trudged to attend the meeting, which was known as the "Dharma meeting of the year of the fire dragon" in history, and thus contributed to the revival of Buddhism.

Site of Guge Kingdom

It is a huge group of ancient buildings. It is the capital of the prosperous Guge Dynasty. It covers an area of 180000 m2 and is more than 300 meters high from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. There are more than 600 houses, pagodas, caves and so on. There are walls around and blockhouses at the corner of the city. The most complete and abundant murals are preserved in the site. Location: zhaburang village, Tuolin Town, Zhada County, 18 kilometers away from the west suburb of the county. It's best to charter a car, or you can take a chance to wait at the intersection in the south of the county. Ticket: 40 yuan. Zhada tulin is a very magnificent landform, which can be seen everywhere around the county. The "tulin ditch" along the new road of Zhada has a better view. The earth forest is like a mythical world set off by the illusory light and shadow on the plateau. location: within the territory of Zada County, the site of Guge kingdom is located throughout the county. The mural site of Dongga Grottoes is the largest Buddhist ancient cave site ever found in China. There are nearly 200 existing caves, stretching for 2 kilometers, such as Fengchao. Dongga frescoes, which are concentrated in the three caves on the hillside, are well preserved. Location: Dongga village, Dongga Township, Zada county. It's better to charter a car. Ticket: 100 yuan, to be bought in the County Cultural Bureau.

Piyang Grottoes

It is a large site composed of temples, castles, grottoes and pagodas. There are about 1000 caves scattered on the mountain, some of which have collapsed, but the total scale is larger than that of Dongga. The most beautiful mural in the Grottoes is the flying apsaras. location: piyang village, Dongga Township, Zada County, 2km north of Dongga village.

Southwest Territory

Sang, Bolin Sanduo and congsha areas in the southwest of Tuolin town are located in jiazhagangga River and its tributaries. In 1954, the map of India classified this area into India, forming a disputed area. In May 1952, the Indian army invaded congsha area and patrolled Sangha. At that time, the original zabulan clan went to congsha to negotiate with the Indian army, but there was no result. In 1955, the Indian army occupied bolingsanduo.

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