What does Zhaga mean in Chinese?

Introduction to Zagana:

Zha (zhā) Ga (g) It is a natural stone town, located in Yiwa Township, more than 30 kilometers northwest of Diebu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, which means "stone box" in Tibetan. The terrain is like a huge palace and a natural rock wall on a large scale. Zhagana Mountain is steep and misty, just like a fairyland.

The reasonable collocation and complementary integration of nomadic, farming, hunting, firewood collection and other production activities in Tibetan villages have become a model of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. At the southern foot of Guanggai Mountain, the main ridge of Dieshan Mountain, there is a natural masterpiece with a very strange terrain. Some people compare it to a natural "stone city". The original meaning of Zhaga is "in a stone box" and it is known as the "Palace of Hades".

This complete stone city is bordered by Dieshan Peak in the north, surrounded by Xiufeng Mountain, and surrounds the 1 temple in Zhagana 4 village, forming an idyllic scenery combining nature and manpower.

Village environment:

There are three beautiful peaks around Zagana Village, which are lush and green, like a high, thick and indestructible wall, surrounding the four villages and one temple in Zagana City. Tibetan villages on the hillside.

Matters needing attention and traditional festivals in Zhagana;

Precautions:

It is about 3000 meters above sea level, which is not high in the whole southern Tibet, but it still takes about 3500 meters to get in and out of Zhaga. So start eating rhodiola a week before entering Tibet to avoid catching a cold (a cold can cause acute high altitude pulmonary edema), which can alleviate altitude sickness. People with anemia had better take some sugar or chocolate with them.

Traditional festivals:

The traditional festival in Zhagana is the "Wolf Mountain Festival", which lasts for seven days and is held in four groups. In the first three days, families took festive things to set up tents. On the fourth day, they set up big tents (about 200 square meters). In the last three days, they drank, ate meat, sang and danced. Because one group is the largest, with 8-90 households and nearly 500 participants.

It's rainy in Zhaga in summer, so you should check the weather forecast before you go, otherwise it will be rainy for several days after you go, and you can't drive to the mountain, so you will get something for nothing. The specific time schedule of Langshan Festival is as follows: March 7-13, May 14-20, May 2 1-27, June 29-July 5-4.