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17 VILLAGES | 村寨

Where heritage lives:

A visit to Tongle Village

Tongle Village is located in Yezhi Town, Deqin County, relatively large scale and with strong overall consistency. In
By our staff correspondents within Yunnan’s Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. protecting and managing the traditional settlement, Tongle
□ 本刊综合 Situated high in the Three Parallel Rivers region, nestled has fully leveraged supportive policies and pooled resources
between “two mountains and one river,” it faces the Lan- from various funding streams, directing them toward the
Nestled in the heart of the UNESCO cang River to the south, with Biluo Snow Mountain to the integrated development of the ethnic village.
World Natural Heritage site “Three Parallel west and Baima Snow Mountain to the east. It stands as one In recent years, the renovation of main lanes, the in-
Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas” lies a of China’s most ethnically distinct and best-preserved tradi- troduction of homestays and inns, and the completion of
village famed as China’s largest Lisu ethnic tional Lisu settlements. In 2019, the residential architectural ICH workshops, cultural squares, folk exhibition halls, and
settlement, home to the celebrated song complex of Tongle Village was listed among Major Histori- public restrooms have substantially upgraded the village’s
and dance “Achimugua.” Here, log-cabin cal and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level. infrastructure, steadily improving living conditions and
houses cluster together, Lisu hospitality Tongle Village is built along a steep mountainside, where sanitation. The village now also has a dedicated fire station,
flows warmly, and the village life is richly flat ground is scarce and houses cluster closely together. with every household equipped with fire extinguishers,
vibrant. It carries a name that speaks of The main part of the settlement spreads across a sun-facing emergency water tanks, and water pipes. Additionally, 12
joy and is cherished by all—Tongle, literally slope, and considering warmth and natural light, the design volunteer firefighters oversee daily fire safety, performing
meaning “Happy Together.” and materials of its log-cabin houses are notably consistent. regular inspections and proactively addressing risks.
Backed by dense forest and overlooking deep valleys, the As a cultural emblem of China’s Lisu ethnic group, Ton-
homes, shaped like the Chinese character for raised plat- gle Village is the birthplace of the national-level ICH item
在“三江并流”世界自然遗产的核心腹地，
form, are built in cascading rows following the contours of “Achimugua,” a designated traditional cultural protection
有这样一个村庄，它是中国最大的傈僳族寨子， the land. With their dark walls and triangular roofs layered area in Yunnan Province, and an important research base for
因为一支“阿尺木刮”歌舞而声名远播。在这里， one upon another, the village resembles, from a distance, a Lisu culture in China.
vast and intricate honeycomb. With fresh momentum from the integration of culture
井干式木楞房错落，傈僳族人民热情，村落景
Preserving the unique residential architecture is a central and tourism, Tongle Village now regularly invites artists
观斑斓，这里拥有一个带着祝福、人见人爱的 task in the sustainable development of ethnic villages. Tongle and ICH inheritors to lead classes in “Achimugua” dance,

名字——同乐。 Village has maintained its distinctive log-cabin dwellings on a Lisu “Hualabiao” weaving, wheat-straw weaving, and other