Nianbaoyuze: How Protection Reshaped the Landscape
A conservation account traces the 2018 closure of Nianbaoyuze Scenic Area, the removal of tourism facilities and the return of grassland.
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Nianbaoyuze in Story: A Mountain and the Three Golok Ancestors
The national heritage record presents Nianbaoyuze legends as stories of the Three Golok peoples’ origins, with the mountain personified as ancestor and protector.
Banma’s Quari Towers: Homes Built from Earth, Stone and Wood
The national heritage record describes Banma’s quari towers as homes built with rammed earth, stone and timber, with separate levels for animals, living and storage.
Banma Black Pottery: From Kneaded Clay to Everyday Vessel
A 2025 report from Banma’s pottery training center follows artisans kneading clay and refining vessel shapes, and lists both practical wares and contemporary forms.
Cai Zhi and the Mirror-Based Gésar Tradition
A national heritage profile names Cai Zhi, a performer from Jiuji County, among the Gésar epic tradition’s representative bearers and describes his family’s mirror-based practice.
Madoi’s Lakes: What a 2019 Count Can Tell Us
A 2019 report contrasts lake losses during the late twentieth century with a later county count of lakes and ponds, showing why every figure needs its date and measure.
A Madoi Ranger’s Weekly Rounds
A 2019 report follows ranger Naowa in Madoi, where patrols, wildlife records and the return of one former herder describe a changing relationship with the Yellow River source region.
Zhaling and Eling: Two Lakes in the Yellow River’s Upper Course
A 2026 report follows the Yellow River through Zhaling and Eling lakes in Madoi County, where water gathers, passes through the paired lakes and continues east.
Why Black-Soil Grassland Restoration Takes Repeated Seeding
A 2025 report explains that short growing seasons and cold conditions make grassland restoration in Guoluo a repeated process, with seed mixes and follow-up care both mattering.
Restoring a High-Altitude Mine Slope at De’erni
A 2025 report describes how the operating De’erni copper mine tackled damaged alpine slopes with locally sourced soil material and water-retention methods.
Ani Maqen in the Sacred-Mountain Story Tradition
A national heritage record lists Ani Maqen Snow Mountain legends as local folklore and describes the mountain as a personified figure in Tibetan narrative traditions.
At Ani Maqen, Measuring the Glacier’s Edge
A report from the Forestry and Grassland Administration follows a Maqin herding community’s glacier monitoring: marked points, measuring tapes and repeat observations around freeze-up and melt.