Shaqiong

Shaqiong (沙琼), or Shaqiong Deng Village (沙琼僜人村) in full, is a village in Zayü County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

The life style of the aboriginal tribal Deng people has been changed a lot in Zayü County. The religion of the Deng people is an eclectic mixture of Deng animism and Lamaist Buddhism.[1] In the 1960s, the Chinese government relocated the Deng people in the plains from the mountains. In the 1980s, lands and cattles were distributed to the Deng people.[2] Agricultural Bank of China started to promote microcredit in 2001, providing the Deng people the access to modern agricultural facilities.[3]

Tourist attractions in Shaqiong have been being developed since 2003.[4] Highways have been built in the Shaqiong village with help of the Guangdong Province.[5] However, foreigners were not allowed to enter Zayü as of 2011.[6]

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