MenShi Township, Gar County, Ali Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region

MenShi Township

Geer County in Ali Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region governs townships and two administrative villages, MenShi village and soduo village. The township government is stationed in MenShi village.

It is located in the westernmost part of Tibet Autonomous Region, along the Senge Zangbo and garzangbo basins, at the southern end of the county, adjacent to Geji County, Pulan county and Zada county.

MenShi township has a total land area of 4773 square kilometers.

The resident population was 2470 (2017).

Since the founding of new China, the party and the government have invested a lot of energy in improving the economic and social conditions in the Tibetan areas, the people's living standards have made a qualitative leap, and the real Tibetan culture has also been effectively protected and excavated, so that the same strain of this religion has been reborn under the policy of protecting and inheriting the Tibetan culture, and the Xiangxiong civilization has been able to regain its vitality and hope. The research on the ancient Xiangxiong civilization and even the Tibetan scriptures of this religion began in the 1990s.

evolution

Mens district was established in 1960. In 1996, with a population of about 18000, it has jurisdiction over two townships and nine administrative villages, including five in MenShi Township and four in soduo township. In 2001, the district was withdrawn and the township was merged, and the MenShi township was established. in 2013, MenShi Township governs two administrative villages, namely, soduo village and MenShi village, with a total of nine operation groups (5 in MenShi village and 4 in soduo Village).

administrative division

Geer County in Ali Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region governs townships and two administrative villages, MenShi village and soduo village. The township government is stationed in MenShi village. [2014 code and urban rural classification] 542523202: ~ 201210 MenShi village ~ 202220 soduo Village

geographical environment

It is located in the westernmost part of Tibet Autonomous Region, along the Senge Zangbo and garzangbo basins, in the southeast of Gar County, 171 km away from Gar county. It is adjacent to Zuozuo Township in the northeast, and to Geji County, Pulan county and Zada county. The township government is 4515 meters above sea level. The total land area of MenShi township is 4773 square kilometers. MenShi township is located at the bottom of the valley between the Gangdise and Ayla mountains. The main rivers are Langqin Zangbo and its tributaries, such as zhuobshaqu, zhuobnu Qu, yarqin Qu, yarqiongqu, etc.

population

In 2000, the permanent population of MenShi township was 1944 (Wupu). total population: 10000 (2003). Before the 5th century AD in Chinese history, there was an ancient Xiangxiong kingdom with highly developed language and writing on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, the roof of the world. At the most glorious time, the territory of Xiangxiong Kingdom reached Kashmir in the west, Ladakh in the south, most of the Tibetan Plateau in the middle, Qinghai Plateau in the north, Sichuan Basin in the East, and Qingxiong kingdom in that time The earliest civilization center of Tibetan Plateau. According to relevant historical documents:

There used to be an army of 900000 people in Xiangxiong,

According to the calculation, there should be several million people. In 2010, there were 2193 permanent residents (in the sixth census of 2010). In 2013, there were 2386 people in 650 households, including 1204 people in 324 households of soduo village and 1082 people in 326 households of MenShi village. in December 2017, there were 2748 people in 708 households. 2470 permanent residents (2017).

rural economy

The township is dominated by animal husbandry, combined with agriculture and animal husbandry economy. In 2012, the per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen in MenShi township was 5650 yuan.

Infrastructure construction

National Highway G219 passes through MenShi township.

Culture and education

There is a primary school in MenShi township of Gar county.

Ecological protection

In April 2018, MenShi Township vigorously carried out the work of eliminating "no tree village, no tree household", striving to improve the style of the township, and planted more than 5000 trees in 20 days.

History and culture

On the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, the roof of the world, there used to be a highly developed ancient Xiangxiong kingdom with its own language and writing. At its most glorious time, the territory of Xiangxiong Kingdom reached Kashmir in the west, Ladakh in the South (today's northern border of India), most of the Tibetan Plateau in the middle, Qinghai Plateau in the north and Sichuan Basin in the East. At that time, it was the earliest civilization center of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau.

Ancient Elephant Kingdom

It is the birthplace of ancient Xiangxiong civilization. According to historical records, in the 7th century A.D., when Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty married Songzan Ganbu with a 12-year-old Buddha statue of Sakyamuni and Buddhist scriptures, the latter married Li Tuman, the princess of Xiangxiong at that time. At that time, the ancestors of Songzan Ganbu respected yongzhongben. the seven kings of Tianchi refer to the first to the seventh generations of Zanpu of Tubo monarchy. They are named after their names with the word "red". The seven kings were called the seven kings of Tianchi because they practiced the ancient Xiangxiong Buddhism, yongzhongben sect, in all dynasties. Because they had the merit of judging and proving, they took the light of rainbow as their achievement.

Tianchi seven kings

Shangding Erwang

Historical evolution

Before the establishment of the Tubo Dynasty, Xiangxiong was a powerful tribal alliance and ruled until the end of the 6th century. During the period of niechizanpu in Tubo, with the rise of Yalong and Supi tribes, xiangxiongcai gradually weakened. in Chinese historical records, the so-called "Yangtong tribe" refers to Xiangxiong. For example, according to "CEFU Yuangui", the big and small sheep are the same, the East is connected with Tubo, the north is connected with Khotan, the East and the West are more than 1000 Li, and the elite troops are 80000 and 90000 In the local records of dongsakya, it is also called "dongnu kingdom", which records that " The East and the West are long, that is, the East is the country of women, the west is the country of non India, the big and small sheep are in the same country, the East is Tubo, the west is the sanbo River, and the north is Khotan. " according to the Tibetan historical materials" history of mafamucuo Lake ", Xiangxiong is divided into 18 parts, with 18 monarchs. Before Li mishia, the last king of Xiangxiong, was swallowed up by Songzanganbu, Xiangxiong was an independent kingdom and created a unique xiangxiongwen. According to ramble on ancient Tibet, the word "Xiangxiong" means pengdi in Xiangxiong language, that is, the place of Mirs. According to the fact that the ancient elephant males used Mirs as their totems, the above explanation is completely credible. Before the 10th century, many Wangchen and 60 place names of Xiangxiong were all in Xiangxiong language, and it is difficult for modern people to understand their meaning no matter how high their Tibetan level is. The place names of Xiangxiong era are still used in Ali area. For example, the word "Di" by Zada people means "water" in Xiangxiong language, and it is often used in places near water, such as Diya, diza, dijiamu, qumudi, etc. professor Duzi, a Tibetan scholar and Italian scholar, believes that the "dese" in the Gangdise mountains is the Xiangxiong language. However, after the 10th century, the descendants of the Tubo royal family ruled Xiangxiong, spread Buddhism, popularized Tibetan and Chinese, and gradually assimilated Xiangxiong. in the early 7th century, before the creation of Tibetan language by the Tubo king Songzan Ganbu, the yongzhongben believers of Xiangxiong wrote a scripture in Xiangxiong's language; the preaching was in the seven Chiwang (around A.D.) Dynasty of Tubo. As far as the era of Songzan Ganbu was concerned, before the creation of Tibetan language, the Songzan Ganbu faction proposed to Nepal and the Tang Dynasty by letters, and probably wrote letters in Xiangxiong's language at that time. There are few people who understand Xiang Xiongwen, even Ali. However, with the efforts of archaeologists and paleographers, it is believed that the mystery of Xiang Xiongwen will be solved one day.

Ancient Elephant Kingdom

in the 7th century, Songzanganbu merged and unified all the tribes in Tibet, established a powerful Tubo Dynasty, and began to write the official history of Tibet. In recent years, archaeological discoveries have proved that:

Ancient Xiangxiong civilization is the real root of Tibetan civilization

. According to Chinese and Tibetan classics, the ancient state of Xiangxiong (in fact, the tribal alliance), known as qiangtong and Yangtong in history, reached its peak before the 7th century. According to the article a brief history of Tibetan population, the population of Xiangxiong should not be less than 10 million according to the proportion of the army. Later, Tubo gradually rose in the Tibetan Plateau, and in the 8th century, it completely conquered the ancient country of Xiangxiong. After that, Xiangxiong culture gradually disappeared. the local ancient Buddhist literature in Tibet is called "Xiangxiong code" by experts. According to the records of the lineage of Tubo kings, from niechizanpu to longjietuozan, all the twenty-six dynasties used this religion to protect the state affairs At that time, the ancient Xiangxiong characters were mainly used for the writing of the Scriptures. According to the records of "Tibet Wang Tong Ji", "Duo Dui" and other ancient books and records, Xiangxiong people xinrao Miwo Buddha made many changes to the original religion in the past, and created Yongzhong Buddhism, which is known as the oldest ancient Xiangxiong Buddhism in Tibet. Patriarch xinrao Miwo first created Xiangxiong characters and taught "five Ming disciplines": gongqiaoming (Technology), Shenglun (Linguistics), medicine, waiming (Astronomy) and Neiming (Buddhism). The ancient Xiangxiong civilization developed with the spread of "Yongzhong based religion" as the main line. Luan Jianzhang, deputy director of the Research Office of the Ministry of foreign relations of the CPC Central Committee, once wrote an article on the historical significance of the Xiangxiong civilization and our religion

"It is no exaggeration to say that in order to understand Tibetan civilization, we must first understand Xiangxiong civilization; in order to study Tibetan Buddhism, we must also study our own religion.

Otherwise, the deeper the inquiry, the farther away it may be from the truth. "

Spiritual civilization construction

On April 22, 2017, MenShi Primary School of Gar county carried out the theme education practice activity of "four stresses and four loves" and "welcome to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China - I say a word from my heart to grandfather Xi". Activities include: national flag raising ceremony, exchange of love for grandfather Xi, painting, singing and so on. on April 14, 2018, the song and dance troupe of Tibet Autonomous Region carried out a tour performance in MenShi township. The performance was held in the square of MenShi primary school, which included songs, dances, sketches, musical instruments and other cultural programs loved by the common people.

famous scenery

MenShi township has ancient Jinjiang temple, bon temple, zhidaburi temple, dunjiu temple, Tibetan Buddhism temple, balfei hot spring, zhidaburi hot spring and other tourist attractions.

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