China News Agency, Shannan, July 23 (Reporter Jiang Feibo Gongsanglam) "Doing things that are beneficial to all living beings will accumulate virtue and goodness. You can protect the frontier of the motherland. There is nothing more virtuous and greater than this."
On July 22, Panchen Erdeni Chokyi Jeb, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice president of the Buddhist Association of China, and president of the Tibetan branch of the Buddhist Association of China, said this when he visited the sisters of Zhuoga and Yangzong in Yumai Township, Shannan, Tibet.
On July 22, Zhuoga presented Hada to the Panchen Lama.
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Yumai Township is a remote township in the southwestern border of China. For a long time since the 1960s, only Sanjie Quba with her daughters Zhuoga and Yangzong grazing and guarding the borders of thousands of square kilometers of land.
The Panchen Lama asked Zhuoga and Yangzong how his health was?
Zhuoga and Yangzong said that they were in good health.
On July 22, the Panchen Lama learned about the various honorary certificates that Zhuoga received at Zhuoga's house.
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On July 22, the Panchen Lama had a cordial exchange with Zhuoga.
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"The air here is very good, it should be very cold in winter, right?" Panchen continued to learn about the sisters' living conditions in Yumai and how to keep warm in winter.
Zhuoga and Yangzong said that Yumai is relatively cold in winter and often snows.
Heating mainly depends on the stove, as well as electric heating.
On July 22, the Panchen Lama had a cordial exchange with Yang Zong (pictured left).
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On July 22, the Panchen Lama had a cordial exchange with Zhuoga (pictured).
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It is reported that in 2019, the dirt road in Yumai Township will be turned into an asphalt road, and it will be protected in winter.
At present, there are 67 households and 240 residents in Yumai Township, with an annual per capita disposable income of 38,000 yuan, and 5G network signal and national grid coverage.
On July 22, a panoramic view of "Jade Maiden in the Clouds" in Longzi County, Tibet.
(UAV footage) Photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Feibo
The Panchen Lama described the changes and development of Yumai Township with "earth-shaking".
Sisters Zhuoga and Yangzong said to the Panchen Lama: "We are also very lucky. In the past, there were only three of us, our father and daughter, in Yumai. Now we have developed very well in all aspects. This is all thanks to the country's good policies and care."
On July 22, the Panchen Lama visited the Memorial Hall of Sangye Choba's former residence in Yumai Township.
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On July 22, the Panchen Lama visited the Memorial Hall of the former residence of Sangye Chuba.
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The Panchen Lama said to the two sisters that you have worked hard at Yumai Shoubian, and it is also a very honorable thing, which has received much attention and attention from the country.
I also wish you family harmony, good health, auspicious longevity.
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The Panchen Lama Erdeni is one of the most influential reincarnated living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism.
Panchen Lama Erdeni Chokyi Jeb was born on February 13, 1990 in Jiali County, Nagqu City, Tibet Autonomous Region.
On November 29, 1995, he passed the lottery from the golden urn and was approved by the State Council to be confirmed as the reincarnated soul boy of the 10th Panchen Lama and succeeded him as the 11th Panchen Lama Erdeni.