Gangba Town, Gangba County, Xigaze City, Tibet Autonomous Region

Gangba town

Gangba town is a town under the jurisdiction of Gangba County, Shigatse City, where the county people's government, the county people's Congress and the county Party committee are stationed. Gangba town is located in the south of Gangba county.

Development history

It was founded in 1960, changed into a commune in 1974, restored in 1984, and merged into gangbaxue and Mende townships in 1988.

administrative division

Gangba County, Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region governs towns, 8 village committees including Gongba village, Mende village, Jiru village, qiongxiu village, Xuecun village, XIGA village, zading village and Jiada village, and 10 natural villages. The town government is located in Gongba village.

geographical environment

Located in the south of Gangba County, Xigaze City, Tibet, it belongs to Himalayan mountain landform. Winter is cold and dry.

natural resources

It covers an area of 675.81 square kilometers. it produces Lithospermum, Fritillaria, safflower, rhubarb, etc.

Population nationality

Gangba town is a Tibetan town. Population 2260 (2017).

rural economy

The economy is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, producing highland barley, wheat, rape, etc., and raising yaks, sheep, goats, etc. There are primary schools and clinics. There is rezhu temple in the town. Dingri Yadong highway passes through this area.

Infrastructure construction

In October 2014, the "plateau beautiful village construction" project of Xuecun, Gangba town was completed. in 2015, Gangba town implemented the maintenance and reconstruction project of nabulong canal in Mende village, with an investment of 800000 yuan; the maintenance and reconstruction project of Makong canal in qiongxiu village, with a total investment of 800000 yuan; the flood discharge canal project in Mende village, with an investment of 190000 yuan; and the "yerucangbu crossing Muqiao" project in Mende village, with a total investment of 988000 yuan. in August 2018, Gangba town carried out the investigation and statistics of dangerous houses. According to statistics, there were 457 dangerous houses in Gangba town at that time.

Ecological environment protection

In January 2016, Jiada village of Gangba town carried out environmental sanitation clean-up activities to comprehensively clean up the health dead spots in the village and enhance the villagers' awareness of environmental protection. in April 2019, there are 141 ecological poverty alleviation jobs and 281 people in Gangba town. on May 7, 2019, Gangba county carried out voluntary tree planting activities in Xuecun village of Gangba Town, planting more than 6000 Seabuckthorn trees and 120 mu.

Spiritual civilization construction

In 2015, Gangba town carried out the "Double Ten Star" creation evaluation activities, and evaluated 1 9-star Party branch, 5 7-star Party branch, 1 6-star Party branch and 1 5-star Party branch; evaluated 24 families with 10 stars, 60 families with 9 stars, 213 families with 8 stars, 127 families with 7 stars, 30 families with 6 stars, 16 families with 5 stars and 6 families with 4 stars. on March 28, 2018, Gangba town carried out activities to commemorate the 59th anniversary of the liberation of millions of serfs in Tibet. The activities included the ceremony of raising the national flag, the comparison between the old and new Tibet, and the art performance. in October 2018, qiongxiu village, Gangba town launched the "happy Tibetans in the new era" art performance, which was compiled and performed by the villagers themselves.

love outreach

In October 2016, Gangba town raised 21800 yuan through the cadres and workers of the whole town, and distributed 42 washing machines to 42 poor households with filing and card. on October 22, 2018, Gangba town organized cadres and workers of town organs, health centers, primary schools and Agricultural Bank of China business offices to raise a total of 5100 yuan of love donations for the poor families in XIGA village.

Folk customs

The concept of love and marriage of Tibetan in Gangba town is old and novel, with strong local sentiment and flavor. Young men and women love each other freely. matchmaking: no matter who marries a daughter-in-law in Gangba Town, at the beginning, they should entrust their relatives and friends, or the relatives and friends of the girl they like, to propose marriage. They should not rashly visit their parents directly, nor should they rashly disturb their parents. No matter whether the family is rich or not, the bride's mother must be given a "milk gift", that is, a scarf (called "bangdian" in Tibetan), to show her gratitude for her mother's nurturing and kindness. After drinking the wedding wine and setting a date for the wedding, you should never turn back and change the marriage. Wedding: the wedding time must be determined according to the zodiac of the family members of both sides. In addition, you have to choose a good day, depending on the date and week. The 8th, 15th, 30th, or Friday or Saturday in the Tibetan calendar are auspicious days. The weather is also very important. If it's sunny or warm, it means that everything is going well. bridal horse team: it is composed of four people, including the messenger, the bride, the bridesmaid and the sisters who see off the bride, and another person who leads the horse for the bride. Take highland barley wine and "qiema" (Tibetan transliteration, meaning "Zanba oil noodles"), walk out of the door, pay homage to "qiema" three times to the heaven, and then the welcoming team leaves. By two girls or young women in full dress to bring butter tea, highland barley wine and a variety of rich food to greet the team. The place to drink wedding wine should be on the land with the largest area, the best soil quality and the most fertile land for the man, so as to have a good harvest in the coming year. Wedding: after the wedding, the bride and groom sit cross legged on the card mat with the "" character drawn with highland barley. On the first day of the wedding, when the bride and groom and all the people were seated, a close relative or invited rapper of the man stood in the room, holding hadadao's house as a congratulatory speech. The congratulatory speech is rich in content, rigorous in structure, full of poetic and picturesque, and very pleasant. After dinner and "after dinner wine", the Housekeeper will invite the "day watcher" to perform. If you want to sing, you can sing and if you want to dance, you can offer everyone a song or a dance and toast one by one. The drinker said, "the fragrance of Gome (dance beauty) and La toche" and drank the wine from the glass upside down. bride's return: after a period of time after the wedding, she can go back to her mother's home with her husband and father-in-law. There is no ceremony at the entrance, but it takes a few days to set up a banquet and drink. marriage custom is an important part of the whole national culture. The Tibetan Marriage Custom Culture in Gangba town has a long history and rich cultural connotation. Its distinctive feature lies in its value orientation and cognitive function, which are quite different from other nations' marriage culture, and rich in strong artistic charm and unique aesthetic taste. The town of Shenshui is looking forward to development, and the frontier Gangba is waiting for development. Gangba, an ancient and magical land, contains unlimited business opportunities. The development of "mineral water" and "Gangba sheep" has broad prospects.