SOW ONE SEED,GAIN ONE MORE LIFE How the Institute for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Grows Grass to Control Desertification  

作　　者：Zhan Tan 

出　　处：《China's Tibet》2013年第5期27-33,共7页中国西藏（英文版）

摘　　要：The meadow on the highland is as broad as an ocean,yet it is also as quiet as a painting,without the limitation of a frame.It seems more natural and lively than a painting.It is as simple as the clear eyes of a Tibetan sheep,reflecting the rippling green grass and the scent of the soil as carried by the breeze.This scent followed me all the way as I followedThe meadow on the highland is as broad as an ocean, yet it is also as quiet as a painting, without the limitation of a frame. It seems more natural and lively than a painting. It is as simple as the clear eyes of a Tibetan sheep, reflecting the rippling green grass and the scent of the soil as carried by the breeze. This scent followed me all the way as I followed spring＇s progress across the highland and as we drove deeper into the wide prairie in the County of Hongyuan. A Tunnel Enclosure in Camouflaged Clothing On average, Hongyuan is more than 3600 meters above sea level and is mainly involved in animal husbandry. It is the only county largely inhabited by Tibetans in the Prefecture of Aba. There is a vast area （777,200 ha.） of lush native grassland, 91.8 percent of the whole county. ＂Tashi Delek, welcome my reporter＂ said Tsepudan, Chairman of the Karlama Village Committee in the Township Village of Achok in the County of Hongyuan. He greeted me with smiles. He looked tall and strong in his traditional Tibetan robe, with a large-screen cell phone at his waist. ＂What＇s the fence for＂ I asked in curiosity. Before me was a huge fenced paddock. ＂A tunnel enclosure, they helped us build it,＂ said Tsepudan, pointing towards our companions （Professor Li Jian, and Professor Tang Cheng from the Southwest University for Nationalities, as well as Mr. Liu Gang from the Sichuan Prairie Institute）. Made of steel, the tunnel enclosure is shaped in a hexagon, 10 meters long. At first sight, it seems to be without any technical content. Actually, it contains a certain delicacy in its awkwardness. It saves a lot of labor and time when it is used to give an injection or medicine, or shear sheep, weighs something, or transport yaks and sheep. The Southwest University for Nationalities, the Sichuan Prairie Institute and local herdsmen produced it together, including its design, site selection and construction. Eight national

关 键 词：四川省草原研究所 种子 生活 天然草地 技术含量 隧道 畜牧业 阿坝州 

分 类 号：C95[社会学—民族学]