Photos of Yanjing Catholic Church

Yanjing Catholic Church is the only Catholic church in Tibet. It is located in Shangyanjing Village, Naxi Township, Mangkang County, next to National Highway 214. It covers an area of more than 6,008 square meters. It is a model of cultural exchange and integration between China and the West. It was built in 1858 by Father Deng Deliang, a missionary from Paris, France. It is a Tibetan-style civil structure. Yanjing is a gathering place of the Naxi people in Tibet. An interesting cultural phenomenon in the area is that the foreign Naxi people all believe in Tibetan Buddhism, while the native Tibetans are devout Catholics. Yanjing is also a famous place rich in well salt, which has a production history of thousands of years. The long and narrow strip of nearly 300 meters long on both sides of the Lancang River is dotted with thousands of salt fields from the riverside to the mountains. Dozens of salt wells by the river are steaming, and the fog around the wells is filled with mist. When you walk to the wellhead, you can see that the warm salt water is bulging upwards at a depth of about five or six meters, and there is a sound. The pale green salt pond, the snow-white salt field, and the blue Lancang River water and the flowers and trees all over the mountains and plains set off each other, which is very beautiful.