Razi Town, Razi County, Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region

Razi town

Razi town is under the jurisdiction of Razi County, Shigatse City. Located in the Midwest of the county, 11 kilometers away from Quxia Town, with an altitude of 3000 meters. There are 10 administrative villages and 45 natural villages under the jurisdiction of the whole town. As of the end of 2017, there are 6906 permanent residents.

General situation of the town

Lazi town is located in the north of Lazi County, 10km, belonging to class II area, with an altitude of 3972m. The town covers an area of 405000 mu, with 14969 mu of cultivated land and 2.41 mu of cultivated land per capita. There is one health center with 5 medical workers, including 3 doctors, 2 Red Cross medical workers, one central primary school with 38 teaching staff, and one village teaching center. There are five monasteries in the town, a total of 75 monks and nuns, including 7 nuns. Lazqu de temple is the largest temple in our county, with 58 monks. The temple was approved as a cultural relic protection unit of the autonomous region in 2007. There are 13 party branches in Lazi town (1 organ branch, 10 village Party branches, 1 school branch and 1 retired cadre branch). There are 212 party members in the town, including 37 female party members.

Characteristic industry

Lazi Tibetan sword

Lazi Tibetan Dao is a famous national handicraft in Lazi county and even the whole region. It has a long history and fine workmanship. It can be called a gorgeous flower in the industry with national characteristics. The Tibetan knife processing industry in Lazi has distinctive national style, local characteristics and unique traditional crafts. It can be used as living utensils, self-defense and national decoration. Pudawa, a famous Tibetan sword master, lives in Razi village, Razi town. In the northeast of this village, there is gongdapu natural village. There is a legendary "luobugang Temple" with a stone and an old house. People make pilgrimage and commemoration every year. Most of them think it is a miracle. However, it is the residence of tangmuchetoraba, the God of Tibetan Dao, who was the first person to process Tibetan Dao. Its Tibetan Dao is especially sharp. It is said that its sharpness must be tied three times with cowhide after finishing, otherwise it will hurt people. As far as its historical origin is concerned, "luobugang Temple" has been ranked before "lazqu de Temple". Its detailed history can not be verified. It has a history of more than 300 years. More than 100 years ago, during the anti British period in Gyangze, due to the shortage of weapons, there were countless transfers from Razi. Among the successors, Dawa and Danzeng had processed them. There are many successors to the founder of the Tibetan Dao of Razi. There are also many records to be found, such as the ancestors of Dunzhu, Dawa, Danzeng and duojigabu, the pudawa and Pubu of Razi Town, the zidanwangjia of Zilong village, the apprentices of Tongmen and Sakya county. It is estimated that they should be at least the sixth or seventh generation. Master pudawa of Lazi village in Lazi Town, whose technology originated from master dojigabu, is now more than 40 years old. His family is a family of five, mainly engaged in national handicraft industry, and engaged in part of agriculture. From this generation, since the sixth edition of Tibet Daily was published on August 29, 2002, the Tibetan knife of Lazi is famous for its sharp blade, exquisite pattern carving, and complex technology, and is enjoyed as a non-cultural heritage Inside and outside the area, the processing procedures are particularly complex. The materials are silver, steel plate, copper, wood, etc. there are about a dozen procedures. However, master pudawa of Lazi village, Lazi town is still the most famous. He created the carving technology, and then the sales volume increased sharply. The carving technology quickly spread to neighboring counties, with an output value of more than 80000 in 2010.