Yumai ཡུལ་སྨད་ | |
|---|---|
)  Yumai Location within Tibet Autonomous Region | |
| Coordinates: 28°38′00″N 93°04′23″E / 28.6332°N 93.0731°E | |
| Country | China |
| Region | Tibet |
| Prefecture | Shannan Prefecture |
| County | Lhünzê County |
| Area | |
| • Total | 450 km2 (170 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 32 |
| • Major Nationalities | Tibetan |
| • Regional dialect | Tibetan language |
| Time zone | +8 |
Yümai (Tibetan: ཡུལ་སྨད་, Wylie: Yul-smad),[1] also spelt Yume[1] or Yumai,[2] is a township in Lhünzê County in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
Location and signficance
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| Dakpa Sheri mountain and the locations marking the rongkor pilgrimage[3][4] |
Yumai is on the bank of Yume Chu river, a tributary of the Subansiri River, which it joins near Tibet's border with India's Arunachal Pradesh. It is in the western section of the holy ground Tsari centred at the Dakpa Sheri mountain.[5][6]
The 12-yearly rongkor (ravine circuit) pilgrimage passed through here, after passing through Migyitun, Gelensiniak and Taksing, to finish at Chösam. The last rongkor pilgrimage happened in 1956, after which the Sino-Indian border conflict put a stop to the practice.[7] Tibetologist Claude Arpi has called for India and China to cooperate to bring about a resumption of the pilgrimage.[8]
Facilities construction
- In September 2001, the road to Zari Township was repaired
- In 2003, Yumai Township talked on the phone
- In November 2007, Yumai Township achieved China Mobile 2G network coverage[9]
- In 2009, the Yumai Micro Hydropower Station invested 1.9 million yuan was energized
- In 2012, the Yumai Township Comprehensive Cultural Station Project was completed
- In 2013, Yumai Township achieved China Mobile's 3G network coverage[9]
- In 2014, Yumai Township achieved China Mobile's 4G network coverage[9]
- In 2017, Yumai Township achieved the popularization of China Mobile's 100M broadband[9]
- In February 2018, the Yumai Township State Grid Project was closed for power transmission
See also
- Sangngagqoiling - village to the northwest of Yümai.
- List of towns and villages in Tibet
References
- ^ a b Huber (1992), note 56, p. 17.
- ^ Yao Chun, ed. (1 November 2011). "China's smallest village has only eight families". People's Daily Online. Translated by Yao Chun. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ Huber 1999, p. 95.
- ^ Arpi, Claude (21 January 2021). "Chinese village in Arunachal: India must speak up!". Rediff. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ Huber (1992).
- ^ Huber (1999).
- ^ Huber (1999), p. 148.
- ^ Arpi, Claude, "Tibet in the India-China Relations: A possible way ahead" (PDF), claudearpi.net
- ^ a b c d "西藏移动贯彻习近平总书记给卓嘎央宗姐妹回信精神 加强网络覆盖". Archived from the original on 2018-03-04. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
Bibliography
- Huber, Toni (1992), "A Tibetan Map of lHo-kha in the South-Eastern Himalayan Borderlands of Tibet", Imago Mundi, 44: 2+9-23, JSTOR 1151225
- Huber, Toni (1999), The Cult of Pure Crystal Mountain: Popular Pilgrimage and Visionary Landscape in Southeast Tibet, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-535313-6