A group photo at our Danba Hotel in Jiaju Tibetan Village before walking through the villages.
Day 7 (5.4.2013) Home-stay in Danba 丹巴 Jiaju Tibetan Village
After breakfast we took 2 vans to Jiaju Village to stay at Danba Hotel. We then walked through the village and stopped at our van driver, Mr. Achar's house where his wife cooked lunch for us. After lunch we continued walking before coming back to our Danba Hotel for dinner.
Jiaju Tibetan village is located in the Hengduan Mountains of western Sichuan. The name 'jiaju' means 'one hundred families' in Tibetan. The houses are built in traditional Jiarong style with painted bands of yellow, black and white, and white stone towers in the four corners of the roof to represent the four cardinal directions. The homes are well designed for the hilly terrain they stand on, and to accommodate Tibetan culture.
The house: Jiaju Tibetan folk house has very special features. It is detach wooden house with 3-4 layers, with a flat roof. The staircases are made of split logs in the corners. The base is usually used for the stable livestock, upper layers as bedrooms and the flat roof as place to dry up their grains etc.
T-shaped structure is built on the roof, which can serve as a place for putting in grains and farming tools or taking shade or sleeping in hot summer. The outside of walls is painted in different colors representing sky, moon, earth and star. The flat roof functions as a space for a variety of activities including prayer and drying harvested grains. Livestock are kept on the ground floor, with living quarters and a small chapel on the upper floors.
The village is enchanting and the warm hospitality of the local people adds to the magic. The vibrant colors and intricate designs adorning the buildings are not gaudy, but work in harmony with the surrounding nature.
Sleeping: Danba Hotel in Jiaju Village
The heavy morning traffic up the mountain road to Danba Jiaju Tibetan Village.
We checked into the Danba Hotel in Jiaju Tibetan Village.
Another group photo at our hotel before walking through the villages.
The sculptures of beautiful ladies in Jiaju Tibetan Village.
Walking in Jiaju Tibetan Village.
Ching Neng Bin in Jiaju Tibetan Village.
A Jiaju Tibetan Village house under construction.
A typical Jiaju Tibetan Village house door.
A neat row of firewood from different types of tree along the road in Jiaju Tibetan Village.
A modest guest house meets the basic needs of visitors, providing a hard bench and a hearty supper. The locals are proud of their culture and land, and often entertain visitors with their traditional Guozhuang dance.
This piglet sleeping at the base of the Jiaju Tibetan Village house.
We walked through the barley farm to get to another part of the Jiaju Tibetan Village.
Jiaju Tibetan folk house has very special features. It is detach wooden house with 3-4 layers, with a flat roof. The staircases are made of split logs in the corners. The base is usually used for the stable livestock, upper layers as bedrooms and the flat roof as place to dry up their grains etc.
T-shaped Jiaju Tibetan folk house structure is built on the roof, which can serve as a place for putting in grains and farming tools or taking shade or sleeping in hot summer. The outside of walls is painted in different colors representing sky, moon, earth and star. The flat roof functions as a space for a variety of activities including prayer and drying harvested grains. Livestock are kept on the ground floor, with living quarters and a small chapel on the upper floors.
The Jiaju Tibetan folk house village is enchanting and the warm hospitality of the local people adds to the magic. The vibrant colors and intricate designs adorning the buildings are not gaudy, but work in harmony with the surrounding nature.
A child playing along the road at a Jiaju Tibetan folk house.
Vegetable farmers hard at work at a Jiaju Tibetan folk house.
A husband and wife team plowing the land at a Jiaju Tibetan folk house.
We stopped at our van driver Mr. Achar's house where his wife cooked lunch for us at Jiaju Tibetan house.
Mr Achar's dried chilli and corn on the wall for decoration at his Jiaju Tibetan folk house.
Mr Achar's house at Jiaju Tibetan folk Village.
Achar's house is also for rent at Jiaju Tibetan folk Village.
A good view of the Jiaju valley from Achar's house at Jiaju Tibetan folk Village.
Chinese student tourists on vacation taking their lunch Achar's house.
Achar's wife preparing lunch for us at Jiaju Tibetan folk Village.
Good food for lunch at Jiaju Tibetan folk Village.
Good food for lunch at Jiaju Tibetan folk Village.
A group photo with Achar's wife (standing 3rd from right), his son and 4 Chinese students in front beside Ching Neng Bin.
Another group photo with Mr. Achar (4th from left) and his sons at Jiaju Tibetan folk Village.
A good shot of the bird by Chew Leng Soon with his new Nikon SLR camera at Jiaju Tibetan folk Village.
A good shot of the bird by Chew Leng Soon with his new Nikon SLR camera at Jiaju Tibetan folk Village.
A group photo with Lim Cheng Tee new found girlfriend in Jiaju Tibetan folk Village.
One of Jiaju’s many impressive Tibetan homes.
The richly decorated ceiling of Jiaju Tibetan folk homes.
The richly decorated ceiling and wall of Jiaju Tibetan folk homes.
The richly decorated ceiling and wall of Jiaju Tibetan folk homes.
This is Jiaju Village graveyard up in the hill-top Ching Neng Bin happened to visit.
Looking down the valley from the Jiaju Village graveyard up in the hill-top.
Rapeseed flower in Jiaju Village.
An elderly woman in Jiaju Village.
T-shaped Jiaju roof which can serve as a place for putting in grains and farming tools.
Two toilets and the waste just drop down onto the vegetable garden in Jiaju Village.
Waste from the toilet just drop down onto the vegetable garden in Jiaju Village.
One last view from hill-top platform before returning to our Danba Hotel for dinner in Jiaju Village.
One last view from hill-top platform before returning to our Danba Hotel for dinner in Jiaju Village.
This is the view of Danba Hotel where we stayed in Jiaju Village.
Walking back to Danba Hotel where we stayed in Jiaju Village.
Ching Neng Bin standing under this watchtower known as Yao’ai 要隘.
This watchtower is known as Yao’ai 要隘 (Strategic Pass) was built at places of strategic importance such as mountain passes as a choking point during wars in Jiaju Village.
We were back to our Danba Hotel for a good rest waiting for dinner.
Grace Ong Siew Hua and Teh Soon Shoei with the big old dog at Danba Hotel in Jiaju Village.
We were playing with the big old dog at Danba Hotel in Jiaju Village.
Dinner at Danba Hotel in Jiaju Village.
Dinner at Danba Hotel in Jiaju Village.
///Backpacking Adventure to ShangriLa China the Last Frontier 30 March to 23 April 2013 (25 days)
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What a vast different landscape scenery as compared to other parts of China and to Malaysia too. The place looks remote and far away......but you fellas found warm hearted friends in midst of the Tibetan hospitality. Lots of walking as I could see from the pics. Believing you'd got good time there.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Alan CY Kok
Ching,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing, what a great trip you have! I live in Tianjin for the moment, you guys can 'tumpang' in my apt if you happen to be in down.
Regards.