Bolo Township, Jomda County

Bolo Township (སྤོ་, simplified Chinese: 波罗乡; traditional Chinese: 波羅鄉; pinyin: Bōluó Xiāng) is a township in Jomda County, Chamdo, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.[1]

Bolo Township

波罗乡 • སྤོ
Township
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityChamdo
CountyJomda County

Administrative divisions

Bolo Township is divided into eight administrative villages.[2]

  • Guse Village (Chinese: 古色村)
  • Chongsang Village (Chinese: 冲桑村)
  • Waichong Village (Chinese: 外冲村)
  • Adang Village (Chinese: 阿当村)
  • Reduo Village (Chinese: 热多村)
  • Epeng Village (Chinese: 俄彭村)
  • Ningba Village (Chinese: 宁巴村)
  • Bogong Village (Chinese: 波公村)

Culture

Tibetan woodblock printing reportedly has its origins in a village in Bolo Township.[3] The village has 60 woodblock artists who practice woodblock printing for more than eight months per year.[3] The village's artists state that the art has been practiced in their village for over 300 years.[3]

References
  1. 2019年统计用区划代码 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  2. 2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  3. "Tibetan woodblock art preserved in remote village". en.chinaculture.org. 2020-09-24. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-09-29.


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