Baima Tibetan village benifits from developing western region
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With the booming of tourism in Xiangshujia Village, signs greeting tourists can be seen everywhere there.[Xinhua Photo] |
As a branch of the Tibetan ethnic group, the Baima Tibetans, known for the white plume on their hats, lived on herding, hunting and crop farming in the past.
During the 1960-1990 period, lumbering became their main source of incomes, as they resided in hilly wooded areas.
At the end of 1990s, China implemented a series of policies such as developing the western region, returning farmland into woods and protecting natural forests.
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Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2009, shows tourists enjoying a family feast in Xiangshujia Village of the Baima Tibetan ethnic group. [Xinhua Photo] |
Since then, a Baima Tibetan village named "Xiangshujia" along the tour route from the Nine-village Valley to Huanglong in southwest China's Sichuan Province has grown into a modern village engaging in distinctive tourist services.
Great changes have taken place in the village following seven years of development as 3G (third-generation) Internet and stylish mobile phones are common to the villagers.
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