Gezaoba Village in Zhugqu County of Gansu Province (Photo/Wei Dezhan)
When people set foot on the smooth and tidy roads of Gezaoba Village in Zhugqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, which sits at the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, rows of exquisite, beautiful and distinctive stone walls will come into sight.
Traditional Tibetan buildings in Gezaoba Village (Photo/Wei Dezhan)
Gezaoba Village preserves the architectural style of traditional Tibetan villages. It makes full use of local resources and reuse, redesign and reprocess the existed stone walls and waste tiles into featured “stone culture”.
In addition to the “stone culture”, another highlight in Gezaoba Village is local culture walls, which are diverse in forms and rich in contents showing local customs, religion, clothing, etc.
Stone walls built by small local tiles in Gezaoba Village (Photo/Wei Dezhan)
Stone walls along roads in Gezaoba Village (Photo/Wei Dezhan)
Culture walls in Gezaoba Village (Photo/Wei Dezhan)
Gezaoba Village is full of humanity, ecology, civilization and harmony. The village is tranquil and beautiful.
With the support from the county government and local people’s money, local residences have been renovated. Great changes have taken place in the village.
Wheat basked in the sun in a Tibetan woman’s courtyard (Photo/Wei Dezhan)
Walnuts in Gezaoba Village have been certified as Zhugqu Walnut by the Ministry of Agriculture. There are over 18 hectares of walnut trees in Gezaoba Village and the oldest one is over 100 years old.
Zhugqu County has four distinctive seasons with abundant sunshine and rain, which is suitable for cherry’s growing.
Depending on local humanistic culture, Gezaoba Village will develop rural tourism including fruits picking, local life experience, relaxation, rehabilitation, etc. to increase local people’s incomes.
Pear trees in Gezaoba Village (Photo/Wei Dezhan)
Cultural walls in Gezaoba Village vividly display local customs, religion, clothing, etc. (Photo/Wei Dezhan)
