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'''Linxia ] Autonomous Prefecture''' (]: 临夏回族自治州; ]: Línxià Huízú Zìzhìzhōu) is in Western ]'s ] Province, south of the capital, ]. It is an ] for the ] ] a large Chinese ethnic group. '''Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture''' ({{zh|s=临夏回族自治州 |t=臨夏回族自治州 |p=Línxià Huízú Zìzhìzhōu}}, ]: {{script/Arabic|لٍ‌ثِيَا خُوِزُوْ زِجِ‌جِوْ}}), formerly known as '''Hezhou''' (河州) and '''Baohan''' (枹罕), is located in ], south of the provincial capital ], bordering ] to the west. It is an ] for the ] ], a large Chinese ethnic group. It also includes two autonomous counties for other Muslim groups, namely ], ] and ].


==Geography and climate== ==Geography and climate==
Linxia is located in southwestern central Gansu. It is just south of Lanzhou and borders Qinghai province to the west. The terrain is highlands, mountains, and '']'' hills. The Yellow River, which gets its muddy yellow color from the loess runs through the northwestern part of the prefecture. Elevation averages 2000 meters above sea-level. The average temperature is 8°C and there are only 155 frost-free days a year. The area is ] with annual percipitation of only 442 mm. Total area is 8,169 km². Linxia Prefecture is located in southwestern central Gansu. It is just south of ] and borders ] in the west, ] in the south and the ] ] in the east.


The terrain is highlands, mountains and '']'' hills. Elevation averages 2000 meters above sea-level.
==History and Culture==

Linxia is famous for a certain style of round glasses worn during the ] that are still made there today.
The ], which gets its muddy yellow color from the loess, runs through the northwestern part of the prefecture. ] (]), it forms the large ] in the north-central part of the county. There is also a smaller Yanguoxia Dam ({{zh|labels=no|s=盐锅峡水电站 |p=Yánguōxiá Shuǐdiànzhàn}}) further downstream, also within Yongjing County.

The Yellow River's main tributaries within the prefecture are the ] and the ]. They flow from the neighboring ] and fall into the Liujiaxia Reservoir from the southeast. The Tao River also serves as the border with the ] ] over some of its length.

The year's average temperature is 8&nbsp;°C and the annual frost-free period is only 155 frost-free days. The area is ] with annual precipitation of only {{convert|442|mm|abbr=on}}. Total area is {{convert|8,169|km2|abbr=on}}.

]

==History and culture==
In the past, ] was called Hezhou and the surrounding area was known as He Prefecture.
{{Islam and China|places}}

=== The Hui Minorities War ===

During the ] in the 1860s He Prefecture was a scene of fierce fighting between the Muslim (], ] and ], in modern terms) rebels on one side and the ] militias and, later, government troops, on the other side. From 1862 to 1872, Hezhou City (today's ]) was the stronghold of the Muslim (mostly Hui) rebels led by the ] imam ] and his associates ] and ].<ref name=jing>{{cite book
|publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1998|isbn=0-8047-2757-0
|title=The Temple of Memories: History, Power, and Morality in a Chinese Village
|author=Jun Jing
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=3leAld7M7p0C
|pages=25–27
}}</ref><ref name=lipman126>{{cite book
|first=Jonathan Neaman |last=Lipman
|publisher=Hong Kong University Press |year=1998
|isbn=962-209-468-6
|title=Familiar strangers: a history of Muslims in Northwest China
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4_FGPtLEoYQC
|pages=126–127
}}</ref>
The Han Chinese's resistance to the rebellion throughout the northern and eastern parts of the then Hezhou Prefecture (today's ] and ] of Linxia Prefecture and ] of ] City) was headed by the Kong family, one of whose main home villages was Dachuan in today's ] (within {{convert|6|km|abbr=on|disp=or}} from the county seat, Liujiaxia Town). The conflict was further complicated by the fact that some members of the Kong clan had, in fact, intermarried with the Hui people.<ref name="jing" />

Large number of people lost their lives on both sides of the conflict, in particular during the rebels' attacks on Kong clan's villages around Dachuan 1864.<ref name=jing/>

]
After the ] general ] had finally destroyed the rebels farther east, in ] and ], he tried to take Hezhou in the late 1872, but his troops were badly defeated by Ma Zhan'ao's Muslim fighters at the battle of Taizi Mosque,<ref name=dillon68>{{cite book|first=Michael |last=Dillon|publisher=Routledge |year=1999|isbn=0-7007-1026-4
|title=China's Muslim Hui community: migration, settlement and sects|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hUEswLE4SWUC|page=68}}</ref> and he failed to make a foothold west of the ] (which today more or less forms the border between ] and Linxia Prefectures). Ma Zhan'ao, however, realized that he could not hold against the Qing armies forever and made a deal with Zuo Zongtang: he surrendered Hezhou to the government forces, executed those locals who objected to the surrender and joined the government side himself, to fight against the rebels farther west. In exchange, Zuo Zontang did not disperse the local Muslim community, forcibly relocating the survivors to a remote region, but, in a unique gesture during that war, acted to reduce the inter-communal tension by relocating some of the local ''Han'' people away from the Muslims.<ref name=lipman126/> Nonetheless, in order to ensure the government's control over the region, since 1873 Muslims were prohibited to live within the city walls of Hezhou.<ref name=dillon68/><ref>Lipman (1998), p. 22</ref>

Linxia (Hezhou) was often wracked by these frequent rebellions. The entire southern suburbs of the city (ba fang) "eight blocks" was ruined in 1928 by savage fighting between the Muslims and Guominjun forces during the ].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y3oeAAAAMAAJ&q=ruins+in+the+south+suburb+|title=Asia, Volume 40|author=American Asiatic Association|year=1940|publisher=Asia Magazine|page=659|access-date=2011-05-08}}(Original from the University of Michigan)</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gIBCAAAAYAAJ&q=kuominchun|title=The Moslem World, Volumes 31-34|author=Hartford Seminary Foundation|year=1941|publisher=Hartford Seminary Foundation|page=180|access-date=2011-05-08}}(Original from the University of Virginia)</ref>

Well-known Muslim individuals in Hezhou in the 1940s included La Shih-Chun, who was part of the Gansu Provincial Government Committee and Ma Chuanyuan, the supermagistrate of five districts.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y3oeAAAAMAAJ&q=Mr.+La+Shih+Chun%2C+for+instance%2C+is+the+best+Mohammedan+scholar+around+Hochow.+He+is+in+his+seventies+and+a+member+of+the+Kansu+Provincial+Government+Committee.+When+I+called+on+him%2C+he+asked+me+many+questions+regarding+the+attitude+of+...+ma+chuan+yuan+super|title=Asia, Volume 40|author=American Asiatic Association|year=1940|publisher=Asia Magazine|page=659|access-date=2011-05-08}}(Original from the University of Michigan)</ref>

===The hydro dams===
], in Liujia Gorge]]
In 1955, just a few years after the creation of the ], the Communist government announced a large-scale program of ] construction on the ]. Two of them were constructed in Linxia Prefecture's Yongjing County: the 57-meter high Yanguoxia Dam (1958–1961) and the 147-meter high ] (1958–1969). One more - the 33-meter high Bapanxia Dam (1968–1975) - although located in Lanzhou's ], had much of its reservoir within Yongjing County as well. The dams contributed greatly to the national economy - Liujiaxia Hydro Power Station remained the country's largest until the 1980s - but the reservoirs they created in narrow, but fertile valleys of the Yellow River and its tributaries displaced a large number of local farmers. The three reservoirs flooded 118,229 (7,881 hectares) of farmland and displaced 43,829 residents, primarily in Yongjing County.<ref name=jing71>Jun Jing (1998), pp. 71-73</ref> The compensation payments to the farmers affected by the Yanguoxia and Liujiaxia Dams averaged, supposedly, 250 yuan and 364 yuan per person, were grossly insufficient to allow them to reestablish their way of life.<ref name=jing71/> It is said that the residents received lower compensation amount than they could otherwise because in 1958, when the Yanguoxia project started, they understated the value of their assets, as they were afraid to be classified as "rich peasants", i.e. class enemies.<ref name=jing76>Jun Jing (1998), pp. 76-77</ref>

Even the more generous payments (averaging 1,100 per person) to those affected by the Bapanxia Dam were not an adequate substitute for the loss of the farmland.<ref name=jing71/>

=== Traditional local products ===
]
Linxia is famous for a certain style of round glasses worn during the ] that are still made there today.

===Food===
]
A type of thick cold wheat noodles called Niangpi (a species of ]) is a popular local dish, served with spongy tofu and spicy sauce.


==Administration== ==Administration==
The CCP established the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in 1956 out of seven counties including Linxia City (Hezhou). In accordance with the 1954 PRC Constitution, autonomous prefectures were empowered to enact legislation in light of local circumstances. Theoretically, this would modify national law to accord with Shariah in case of the Hui ethnicity. However, in the nearly sixty years of Party-State rule (2010s), only seven local regulations have been passed pursuant to the power of legal autonomy. The only regulations that address Sharia (without naming it) are:
The prefecture is subdivided into 8 ]: 1 ], 5 ] and 2 ]:
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# The Measures on Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture Halal Food Administration.
==Demographics==
# The Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture Religious Affairs Administrative Measures regulating mosques, mosque property, and mosque communities without reference to their Sharia equivalents (e.g., mosque property as Awqaf or pious endowments).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Erie |first=M. |date=2013 |title=The Prophet And The Party: Shari'a And Sectarianism In China's Little Mecca |url= |journal= |language= |pages=89–90}}</ref>
2002 population was 1,907,900 people. Average population density is 233 per km². Ethnic minority groups include ], ], ], ], ] and others. Altogether there are 16 ethnic groups with a population of 1,700,000; 56% of the total population of Linxia.


The prefecture is subdivided into 8 ]: 1 ], 5 ] and 2 ]:

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! Name
! ]
! ]
! ]
! Population<br/>(2010)
! Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! Density<br/>(/km<sup>2</sup>)
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|]
|{{lang|zh-Hans|临夏市}}
|{{transl|zh|Línxià Shì}}
|{{script/Arabic|لٍِ‌ثِيَا شِ}}
|274,466
|88
|3,189
|----------
|]
|{{lang|zh-Hans|临夏县}}
|{{transl|zh|Línxià Xiàn}}
|‌{{script/Arabic|لٍ‌ثِيَا ثِيًا}}
|326,123
|1,212
|269
|----------
|]
|{{lang|zh-Hans|康乐县}}
|{{transl|zh|Kānglè Xiàn}}
| {{script/Arabic|کَانْ‌لِ ثِيًآ}}
|233,173
|1,361
|171
|----------
|]
|{{lang|zh-Hans|永靖县}}
|{{transl|zh|Yǒngjìng Xiàn}}
| {{script/Arabic|یٌ‌ڭٍـْ ثِيًا}}
|180,161
|1,863
|97
|----------
|]
|{{lang|zh-Hans|广河县}}
|{{transl|zh|Guǎnghé Xiàn}}
| {{script/Arabic|قُوَانْ‌حَ ثِيًا}}
|227,466
|556
|409
|----------
|]
|{{lang|zh-Hans|和政县}}
|{{transl|zh|Hézhèng Xiàn}}
| {{script/Arabic|حَ‌جٍْ ثِيًا}}
|185,083
|960
|193
|----------
|]
|{{lang|zh-Hans|东乡族自治县}}
|{{transl|zh|Dōngxiāngzú Zìzhìxiàn}}
| {{script/Arabic|دْوثِيَانٌ‌زُو زِجِ‌ثِيًا}}
|284,507
|1,467
|194
|----------
|]
|{{lang|zh-Hans|积石山保安族<br/>东乡族撒拉族自治县}}
|{{transl|zh|Jīshíshān Bǎo'ānzú<br/>Dōngxiāngzú Sālāzú Zìzhìxiàn}}
|{{script/Arabic|ڭِ‌شِ‌شًا بَوْاًزُو<Br>دْوثِيَانْ‌زُو سَالَازُو زِجِ‌ثِيًا}}
|235,698
|910
|259
|}

== Demographics ==
]
2008 population was 2 million people. 2010 census counted 1,946,677.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325040709/http://www.luqyu.cn/tongjishow.asp?tid=988 |date=2012-03-25 }}</ref> 2020-11 Census increased to 2,437,000. Average population density is 233 per km<sup>2</sup>. Ethnic minority groups include ], ], ], ], ] and others, and their population is up to 50,64%. Altogether there are 16 minority ethnic groups with a population of 1,700,000; 56% of the total population of Linxia.

== Transport ==
] crosses the prefecture from ] border in the north to the ] border in the south, via ] (Yongjing County seat), Dongxiang County seat, and Linxia City. There is now a shortcut between Liujiaxia Town and Linxia City, bypassing Dongxiang County and crossing the ] on a ferry instead.

A number of provincial roads connect all other county seats of the prefecture with Linxia City as well.

The eastern part of the prefecture is connected with Lanzhou via the Lanhai expressway (G75), which, however, runs not within the prefecture itself, but within the ] prefecture-level city, just on the other side of the prefecture border.

The railway transport in the prefecture is limited to a short branch line in its very north, connecting the industrial Liujiaxia Town with the ] (which runs along the northern border of the prefecture, but mostly on the Lanzhou prefecture side of it).


==Economy== ==Economy==
Linxia's 2002 GDP was 3.3 billion RMB, which was 10.7% growth over the previous year. The per capita GDP was 1,778RMB, which was 9.9% growth over the previous year. Agriculture, manufacturing, building materials, finance, hydropwere, and tourism are all important industries. Linxia, specifically Linxia City, is the center of trade, transport, and industry for the area directly south of Lanzhou. Linxia's 2002 GDP was 3.3 billion RMB, which was 10.7% growth over the previous year. The per capita GDP was 1,778RMB, which was 9.9% growth over the previous year. Agriculture, manufacturing, building materials, finance, hydropower (] and ] on the ]), and tourism are all important industries. The prefecture's capital, ] (formerly known as Hezhou), is the center of trade, transport, and industry for the area directly south of Lanzhou.


==Tourism== ==Tourism==
] from ] to ]]]
Linxia is blessed with both natural and cultural wonders. The Yellow River runs through the north of the prefecture where at ]'s Liujiaxia Dam it forms a large reservoir. Yongjing is also the starting point to trips to the ]'s ancient Buddhist cave grottoes. Fossils are plentiful in the dry rugged Badland-esque terrain making Yongjing the future home to a proposed dinosaur themed park. There are numerous mosques and temple throughout the rest of Linxia. Beautiful mountain scenery can be found at Taizi Mountain nature reserve. In 2002 these sites and others drew 400,000 tourists, up 20%, who added a total 110,000,000 RMB, up 50%, to the local economy.
Linxia is blessed with both natural and cultural wonders. The Yellow River runs through the north of the prefecture, forming a larger reservoir at ]'s ], and a smaller one at Yanguoxia Dam further downstream.

Yongjing's Liujiaxia wharf (near Liujiaxia Dam) is also the starting point to trips to the ]'s ancient Buddhist cave grottoes.<ref>
2005-12-05, CRIENGLISH.com</ref>

Dinosaur fossils and footprints have been discovered in the dry rugged ]-esque terrain, resulting in the creation of Liujiaxia National Dinosaur Geopark ({{zh|labels=no|s=刘家峡恐龙国家地质公园}}) in the northern part of Yongjing County (between Liujiaxia and Yanguoxia) in 2001.<ref>, by Laurie Werner. Forbes Magazine dated April 23, 2007.</ref><ref name=lvyou>"{{lang|zh-Hans|临夏旅游}}" (Linxia Tourism), published by Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture Tourist Board, 2003. 146 pages. No ISBN. Pages 31-32.</ref> The local traditional folk sing {{transl|zh|huaer}} is called the soul of northwest or the encyclopedia of northwest (it usually refers to five provinces in northwestern China). There are numerous mosques and temples throughout the rest of Linxia. Beautiful mountain scenery can be found at Taizi Mountain Nature Reserve, which stretches along the prefecture's southern border.

In 2002 these sites and others drew 400,000 tourists, up 20%, who added a total 110,000,000 RMB, up 50%, to the local economy.


Linxia is also a stop on trips from Lanzhou to towns in the ]an parts of southern Gansu including the famed ] Monastery in ]. Linxia is also a stop on trips from Lanzhou to towns in the ]an parts of southern Gansu including the famed ] Monastery in ].

==News==
On September 6, 2006 it was reported that 879 or more villagers from the ] and ] villages had been ] from a local ].<ref></ref>

==References==
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Autonomous prefecture in Gansu, People's Republic of China
Linxia Prefecture 临夏州 · لٍ‌ثِيَا جِوْ‎
Autonomous prefecture
Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture
临夏回族自治州
لٍ‌ثِيَا خُوِزُوْ زِجِ‌جِوْ‎
Fields and gardens in the Valley of Daxia River. The river flows to the north (to the left in the picture), into Liujiaxia Reservoir, separating Linxia County (foreground) from Dongxiang Autonomous County (background)Fields and gardens in the Valley of Daxia River. The river flows to the north (to the left in the picture), into Liujiaxia Reservoir, separating Linxia County (foreground) from Dongxiang Autonomous County (background)
Location of Linxia Prefecture within GansuLocation of Linxia Prefecture within Gansu
Coordinates (Linxia Prefecture government): 35°36′06″N 103°12′37″E / 35.6018°N 103.2104°E / 35.6018; 103.2104
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGansu
SeatLinxia City
Area
 • Total8,169 km (3,154 sq mi)
Population
 • Total2,437,000
GDP
 • TotalCN¥ 21.1 billion
US$ 3.4 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 10,527
US$ 1,690
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
ISO 3166 codeCN-GS-29
Websitewww.linxia.gov.cn

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 临夏回族自治州; traditional Chinese: 臨夏回族自治州; pinyin: Línxià Huízú Zìzhìzhōu, Xiao'erjing: لٍ‌ثِيَا خُوِزُوْ زِجِ‌جِوْ‎), formerly known as Hezhou (河州) and Baohan (枹罕), is located in Gansu Province, south of the provincial capital Lanzhou, bordering Qinghai to the west. It is an autonomous prefecture for the Muslim Hui people, a large Chinese ethnic group. It also includes two autonomous counties for other Muslim groups, namely Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar.

Geography and climate

Linxia Prefecture is located in southwestern central Gansu. It is just south of Lanzhou and borders Qinghai Province in the west, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the south and the Dingxi prefecture-level city in the east.

The terrain is highlands, mountains and loess hills. Elevation averages 2000 meters above sea-level.

The Yellow River, which gets its muddy yellow color from the loess, runs through the northwestern part of the prefecture. Dammed at Liujiaxia (Yongjing County), it forms the large Liujiaxia Reservoir in the north-central part of the county. There is also a smaller Yanguoxia Dam (盐锅峡水电站; Yánguōxiá Shuǐdiànzhàn) further downstream, also within Yongjing County.

The Yellow River's main tributaries within the prefecture are the Daxia River and the Tao River. They flow from the neighboring Gannan Prefecture and fall into the Liujiaxia Reservoir from the southeast. The Tao River also serves as the border with the Dingxi prefecture-level city over some of its length.

The year's average temperature is 8 °C and the annual frost-free period is only 155 frost-free days. The area is semi-arid with annual precipitation of only 442 mm (17.4 in). Total area is 8,169 km (3,154 sq mi).

Qianheyan Mosque, Linxia City

History and culture

In the past, Linxia City was called Hezhou and the surrounding area was known as He Prefecture.

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The Hui Minorities War

During the Hui Minorities' War in the 1860s He Prefecture was a scene of fierce fighting between the Muslim (Hui, Dongxiang and Salar, in modern terms) rebels on one side and the Han Chinese militias and, later, government troops, on the other side. From 1862 to 1872, Hezhou City (today's Linxia City) was the stronghold of the Muslim (mostly Hui) rebels led by the Khufiyya imam Ma Zhan'ao and his associates Ma Haiyan and Ma Qianling. The Han Chinese's resistance to the rebellion throughout the northern and eastern parts of the then Hezhou Prefecture (today's Yongjing County and Dongxiang County of Linxia Prefecture and Lintao County of Dingxi City) was headed by the Kong family, one of whose main home villages was Dachuan in today's Yongjing County (within 6 km or 3.7 mi from the county seat, Liujiaxia Town). The conflict was further complicated by the fact that some members of the Kong clan had, in fact, intermarried with the Hui people.

Large number of people lost their lives on both sides of the conflict, in particular during the rebels' attacks on Kong clan's villages around Dachuan 1864.

Two Hui book vendors at a Linxia City market, wearing traditional eyeglasses

After the Qing general Zuo Zongtang had finally destroyed the rebels farther east, in Shaanxi and Ningxia, he tried to take Hezhou in the late 1872, but his troops were badly defeated by Ma Zhan'ao's Muslim fighters at the battle of Taizi Mosque, and he failed to make a foothold west of the Tao River (which today more or less forms the border between Dingxi and Linxia Prefectures). Ma Zhan'ao, however, realized that he could not hold against the Qing armies forever and made a deal with Zuo Zongtang: he surrendered Hezhou to the government forces, executed those locals who objected to the surrender and joined the government side himself, to fight against the rebels farther west. In exchange, Zuo Zontang did not disperse the local Muslim community, forcibly relocating the survivors to a remote region, but, in a unique gesture during that war, acted to reduce the inter-communal tension by relocating some of the local Han people away from the Muslims. Nonetheless, in order to ensure the government's control over the region, since 1873 Muslims were prohibited to live within the city walls of Hezhou.

Linxia (Hezhou) was often wracked by these frequent rebellions. The entire southern suburbs of the city (ba fang) "eight blocks" was ruined in 1928 by savage fighting between the Muslims and Guominjun forces during the Muslim Conflict in Gansu (1927–1930).

Well-known Muslim individuals in Hezhou in the 1940s included La Shih-Chun, who was part of the Gansu Provincial Government Committee and Ma Chuanyuan, the supermagistrate of five districts.

The hydro dams

The Liujiaxia Dam, in Liujia Gorge

In 1955, just a few years after the creation of the People's Republic of China, the Communist government announced a large-scale program of hydroelectric dam construction on the Yellow River. Two of them were constructed in Linxia Prefecture's Yongjing County: the 57-meter high Yanguoxia Dam (1958–1961) and the 147-meter high Liujiaxia Dam (1958–1969). One more - the 33-meter high Bapanxia Dam (1968–1975) - although located in Lanzhou's Xigu District, had much of its reservoir within Yongjing County as well. The dams contributed greatly to the national economy - Liujiaxia Hydro Power Station remained the country's largest until the 1980s - but the reservoirs they created in narrow, but fertile valleys of the Yellow River and its tributaries displaced a large number of local farmers. The three reservoirs flooded 118,229 (7,881 hectares) of farmland and displaced 43,829 residents, primarily in Yongjing County. The compensation payments to the farmers affected by the Yanguoxia and Liujiaxia Dams averaged, supposedly, 250 yuan and 364 yuan per person, were grossly insufficient to allow them to reestablish their way of life. It is said that the residents received lower compensation amount than they could otherwise because in 1958, when the Yanguoxia project started, they understated the value of their assets, as they were afraid to be classified as "rich peasants", i.e. class enemies.

Even the more generous payments (averaging 1,100 per person) to those affected by the Bapanxia Dam were not an adequate substitute for the loss of the farmland.

Traditional local products

Street vendor selling Linxia glasses

Linxia is famous for a certain style of round glasses worn during the Qing Dynasty that are still made there today.

Food

Niangpi being served in Linxia

A type of thick cold wheat noodles called Niangpi (a species of Liangpi) is a popular local dish, served with spongy tofu and spicy sauce.

Administration

The CCP established the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in 1956 out of seven counties including Linxia City (Hezhou). In accordance with the 1954 PRC Constitution, autonomous prefectures were empowered to enact legislation in light of local circumstances. Theoretically, this would modify national law to accord with Shariah in case of the Hui ethnicity. However, in the nearly sixty years of Party-State rule (2010s), only seven local regulations have been passed pursuant to the power of legal autonomy. The only regulations that address Sharia (without naming it) are:

  1. The Measures on Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture Halal Food Administration.
  2. The Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture Religious Affairs Administrative Measures regulating mosques, mosque property, and mosque communities without reference to their Sharia equivalents (e.g., mosque property as Awqaf or pious endowments).


The prefecture is subdivided into 8 county-level divisions: 1 county-level city, 5 counties and 2 autonomous counties:

Map
Linxia
(city) Linxia
County Kangle
County Yongjing
County Guanghe
County Hezheng
County Dongxiang
County Jishishan
County Taizishan National Nature Reserve
Note: Taizishan National Nature Reserve is part of Linxia County, Hezheng County and Kangle County.
Name Hanzi Hanyu Pinyin Xiao'erjing Script Population
(2010) 		Area (km) Density
(/km)
Linxia City 临夏市 Línxià Shì لٍِ‌ثِيَا شِ‎ 274,466 88 3,189
Linxia County 临夏县 Línxià Xiàn ‌لٍ‌ثِيَا ثِيًا‎ 326,123 1,212 269
Kangle County 康乐县 Kānglè Xiàn کَانْ‌لِ ثِيًآ‎ 233,173 1,361 171
Yongjing County 永靖县 Yǒngjìng Xiàn یٌ‌ڭٍـْ ثِيًا‎ 180,161 1,863 97
Guanghe County 广河县 Guǎnghé Xiàn قُوَانْ‌حَ ثِيًا‎ 227,466 556 409
Hezheng County 和政县 Hézhèng Xiàn حَ‌جٍْ ثِيًا‎ 185,083 960 193
Dongxiang Autonomous County 东乡族自治县 Dōngxiāngzú Zìzhìxiàn دْوثِيَانٌ‌زُو زِجِ‌ثِيًا‎ 284,507 1,467 194
Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang
and Salar Autonomous County 		积石山保安族
东乡族撒拉族自治县 		Jīshíshān Bǎo'ānzú
Dōngxiāngzú Sālāzú Zìzhìxiàn 		ڭِ‌شِ‌شًا بَوْاًزُو
دْوثِيَانْ‌زُو سَالَازُو زِجِ‌ثِيًا‎ 		235,698 910 259

Demographics

Children at a primary school in Jishishan County

2008 population was 2 million people. 2010 census counted 1,946,677. 2020-11 Census increased to 2,437,000. Average population density is 233 per km. Ethnic minority groups include Hui, Tibetans, Salar, Bao'an, Dongxiang and others, and their population is up to 50,64%. Altogether there are 16 minority ethnic groups with a population of 1,700,000; 56% of the total population of Linxia.

Transport

China National Highway 213 crosses the prefecture from Lanzhou border in the north to the Gannan border in the south, via Liujiaxia Town (Yongjing County seat), Dongxiang County seat, and Linxia City. There is now a shortcut between Liujiaxia Town and Linxia City, bypassing Dongxiang County and crossing the Liujiaxia Reservoir on a ferry instead.

A number of provincial roads connect all other county seats of the prefecture with Linxia City as well.

The eastern part of the prefecture is connected with Lanzhou via the Lanhai expressway (G75), which, however, runs not within the prefecture itself, but within the Dingxia prefecture-level city, just on the other side of the prefecture border.

The railway transport in the prefecture is limited to a short branch line in its very north, connecting the industrial Liujiaxia Town with the Lanzhou-Xining mainline (which runs along the northern border of the prefecture, but mostly on the Lanzhou prefecture side of it).

Economy

Linxia's 2002 GDP was 3.3 billion RMB, which was 10.7% growth over the previous year. The per capita GDP was 1,778RMB, which was 9.9% growth over the previous year. Agriculture, manufacturing, building materials, finance, hydropower (Liujiaxia Dam and Yanguoxia Dam on the Yellow River), and tourism are all important industries. The prefecture's capital, Linxia City (formerly known as Hezhou), is the center of trade, transport, and industry for the area directly south of Lanzhou.

Tourism

A ferry crosses the Liujiaxia Reservoir from Yongjing County to Linxia County

Linxia is blessed with both natural and cultural wonders. The Yellow River runs through the north of the prefecture, forming a larger reservoir at Yongjing's Liujiaxia Dam, and a smaller one at Yanguoxia Dam further downstream.

Yongjing's Liujiaxia wharf (near Liujiaxia Dam) is also the starting point to trips to the Bingling Temple's ancient Buddhist cave grottoes.

Dinosaur fossils and footprints have been discovered in the dry rugged Badland-esque terrain, resulting in the creation of Liujiaxia National Dinosaur Geopark (刘家峡恐龙国家地质公园) in the northern part of Yongjing County (between Liujiaxia and Yanguoxia) in 2001. The local traditional folk sing huaer is called the soul of northwest or the encyclopedia of northwest (it usually refers to five provinces in northwestern China). There are numerous mosques and temples throughout the rest of Linxia. Beautiful mountain scenery can be found at Taizi Mountain Nature Reserve, which stretches along the prefecture's southern border.

In 2002 these sites and others drew 400,000 tourists, up 20%, who added a total 110,000,000 RMB, up 50%, to the local economy.

Linxia is also a stop on trips from Lanzhou to towns in the Tibetan parts of southern Gansu including the famed Labrang Monastery in Xiahe.

News

On September 6, 2006 it was reported that 879 or more villagers from the Xinsi and Maba villages had been poisoned by lead from a local smelter.

References

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  2. ^ Jun Jing (1998). The Temple of Memories: History, Power, and Morality in a Chinese Village. Stanford University Press. pp. 25–27. ISBN 0-8047-2757-0.
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  9. ^ Jun Jing (1998), pp. 71-73
  10. Jun Jing (1998), pp. 76-77
  11. Erie, M. (2013). "The Prophet And The Party: Shari'a And Sectarianism In China's Little Mecca": 89–90. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  14. Travel: CHINA, Gansu Province, by Laurie Werner. Forbes Magazine dated April 23, 2007.
  15. "临夏旅游" (Linxia Tourism), published by Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture Tourist Board, 2003. 146 pages. No ISBN. Pages 31-32.
  16. Lead poisoning hits China village

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