The coolest plateau herders rider tame the most wild wheat yak

Chuanguan News reporter Yin Gang

On August 3, the unique grassland tame yak competition was held on the prairie in Hongyuan County, Aba Prefecture. This is a cultural and sports activity organized by the unique yak culture of the Red Prairie and showed the production and lifestyle of farmers and herdsmen who shows the original ecology.

On the same day, the herdsmen from the prairie in Hongyuan County entered the field in the order of the number. With the cooperation of the supervisor and the on -site staff, they were put on any one of the selected Maiwa Gongyan yaks with leather ropes, and rode on the set. The yak I lived, grabbed the yak's neck on the left hand, and dragged the yak's tail in the right hand. The male yaks that have never been riding on the venue run wild on the venue. The players rely on their extraordinary courage and skills to play in the yak back with a beautiful posture. On the "dance", the coolest plateau herders tamed the most wild wheat yak, and the cheers of the audience boiled the entire grassland.

Taming the yak competition is the unique competition in the country and the world. The competition uses the most majestic Maiwa Gongya Yak in the Hongyuan Prairie of Sichuan. Taming the yak has also become a true portrayal of the Tibetan children of the plateau.

Maiwa Yak is a local breeding of the Qinghai -Tibet Plateau yak in my country. It is mainly produced in the area of ​​Waki, Maiwa and Rizali County, Hongyuan County, Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Maiwa yak head is medium, most of them have angles, wide forehead, rolled forehead, and the elderly cover the eyes. The male yak horn is thick, extended to the two sides, and the corner tip is slightly backward, bent inward;

In recent years, Hongyuan County has attached great importance to the inheritance and development of yak culture. Because of the potential, the creative transformation and innovative development of yak culture is promoted to local conditions, and actively promoting the "tent tourism" herders' life experience "and other tourism projects with yak culture as the core While paying close attention to the development of the yak industry, paying attention to the excavation and inheritance protection of yak culture, it has greatly driven the rural revitalization and the integration of cultural tourism. The farmers and herdsmen have increased their income and become rich.

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