The history and culture of Yajiang

Yajiang, the Tibetan name "Yakuka", means "Hekou". As one of the important ferries on the Yalong River, the Qing army once set up a flood control garrison. When setting up a county, it was named after the estuary, and later renamed Yajiang, which was named after its county seat on the Yalong River.

The Eastern Han Dynasty was the land of white wolves. Sui belongs to this country. Tang and Song belong to Tubo. Yuan belongs to the military and civilian propaganda and appeasement department of Tubo and other places. East of Yalong River in China, it was under the jurisdiction of Xuanwei Department of Yuan Hutong in Xining during the Ming Dynasty. Qingfen is under the jurisdiction of Litang and Zhengming Tusi, and there are hundreds of households in Xiala, Yakuka, Bajiaolou, Nimazhong, Bayilong and Duoya. In the fifty-eighth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (17 19), a ferry was set up at the estuary, guarded by troops, and Dejing Camp was set up during Yongzheng period. Forty-three years of Qianlong (1778), placed in the middle of the flood season. In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu (1908), when Zhao Erfeng carried out the policy of "changing the soil to the stream", it was divided into Tubaihu land east of Yalong River and Dihe county where Lihua Chongxi Tusi belonged to Kangding Prefecture. In the third year of the Republic of China (19 14), it was renamed Yajiang County, belonging to the administrative region of Chuanbian. 1936 in may, the red army arrived in Yajiang and established Boba government in Yajiang county. 28 years (1939), belonging to the first administrative supervision area of Xikang province. 1950, belonging to Xikang Tibetan Autonomous Region. 1955 10 month, belonging to Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. 1990 county, 4 districts, 16 township, 1 town. The county governs Hekou Town, which is about 0/47km away from Kangding, the state capital, and 5/0/3km away from Chengdu, the provincial capital. Yajiang is a Tibetan inhabited area with rich cultural background. Everyone in Yajiang can sing and dance well, and five popular forms of singing and dancing in Tibetan areas, such as pot village, black boy, folk song, wine song and hoop divination, are widely circulated in rural areas and pastures in Yajiang. China's "Stamping and Kicking Zhuo" is a unique "Yuanyang Dance", and the dancers are tacitly detached.

Yajiang's religious culture is very inclusive, and the five schools of Yellow Religion, White Religion, Red Religion, Black Religion and Flower Education are all complete. The strong religious color makes people feel that it is no longer a religion, but a Tibetan culture that transcends sects. Tibetan culture is fully embodied in architecture. Ancient blockhouses built with stones decorate Tibetan doors and windows. When I entered the room, pictures of Chinese zodiac, dragon and phoenix, tiger and leopard, sun, moon and stars were hung on the closet, and even the kitchen cabinets with pots and pans were painted with flowers, plants, fish and insects, which was magnificent. Sitting on a Tibetan bed, eating buttered tea, Ciba, cheese, highland barley wine and meat on the Tibetan dining table.

From Kangding, the hometown of love songs, to Yajiang, and entering the dream world along Yalong River, you can fully appreciate the natural landscape and ethnic customs of Tibetan areas, which is refreshing.