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Rdza-yul is located in the boshura ridge in southeastern Tibet. It is bordered by Zuogong County and Deqin County of Yunnan in Tibet to the east, Nyingchi Metuo County to the west, Nyingchi Bomi County and Qamdo Basu County to the north, and Myanmar and India to the south, with a border length of 588.64 km. The Tibetan word means the place where the "Cha" people (tribal names) live. The Chinese characters have been translated as "Zaoyi", "Zaoyu", etc., and were once Sang'a Quzong.
Chayu had an official system during the Tubo period. After the reign of Shakyamya Gyaltsen of the Paju regime in 1371 AD, the site of the sect was located in Komai. In 1913, Sangangqu County was renamed Sangangqu County, which was later renamed Kemai County. In 1950, it was renamed Sang Khun Qu Dzong. In May 1966, it was renamed Chayu County. It has an area of 31,659 square kilometers and a population of nearly 30,000. The county government is located in Jigong (2326 meters above sea level), 397 kilometers away from Bunda Airport, 537 kilometers away from Nyingchi and 960 kilometers away from Lhasa.
Chayu belongs to the alpine valley area in southeast Tibet, the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, with great undulations and vertical height differences. The southern edge of the valley is only 1400 meters above sea level, while there are more than a dozen snow peaks above 5000 meters, the highest peak is the Meili Snow Mountain at an altitude of 6740 meters, with an average altitude of 2300 meters.
The climate of Chayu belongs to the humid subtropical climate zone in the southern foothills of the Himalayas, with mild seasons, abundant rainfall, abundant sunshine and a long frost-free period. The annual sunshine hours are 1615.6 hours, the annual precipitation is 793.9 mm, the annual frost-free period is more than 200 days, and the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C. There are often natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, mudslides, droughts, and insect plagues.
Chayu is mainly engaged in agriculture and also engages in forestry. Because of the warm and humid climate and evergreen seasons, it is known as the "Jiangnan Resort" of Tibet. The main crops are barley, wheat, rice, corn, rapeseed, peanuts and so on. Raise yaks, calves, sheep, goats, etc. The wood stock is 115 million cubic meters. Mineral resources include silver, lead, iron, copper, zinc, antimony, mica and so on.
The main special products of Chayu are mandarin oranges, oranges, sugar cane, Tibetan wooden bowls, wooden boxes, bamboo woven boxes, wooden saddles and so on. In addition, there are wild animals such as red pandas, macaques, otters, brown bears, Sumen antelope and other wild animals, as well as precious medicinal herbs such as deer antler velvet, musk, gastrodia, shellfish, panax, panacea, hu huanglian, octagonal lotus, and lion's head fungus.
Chayu County has a special line highway connecting with the Sichuan-Tibet Highway. At present, the Dongga Highway can be directly connected to Lhasa from Jigong to the west through Bayi Town, to the north to Qamdo and Chengdu, and to Kunming and other places via the Yunnan-Tibet Highway.
★ Travel tips
(1) 537 kilometers from Nyingchi Bayi Town to Chayu, which is an asphalt road. During the rainy season, mudslides and landslides often occur, affecting the itinerary. But the scenery along the line is beautiful.
(2) The county town is still prosperous, with many shops and restaurants, and barbecues to relieve hunger. Travel here, you can live in postal apartments, food bureau guest houses, etc., the price is not expensive. The hand pilaf of the servants has a strange taste, so don't miss it.
(3) Chayu belongs to a border county, and to visit Chayu, you must go to the public security department to apply for a border permit. It is recommended to apply for it in the location of the household registration. It can also be done in Tibet. It is also possible to entrust a travel agency to do it, but it is subject to a handling fee.
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