In the Tibetan border area of our country, there is such a special group of people. They speak Tibetan and live in China, but they have typical blue pupils, just like people from the Western Region .
Even before 2003, most of them did not have Chinese nationality and were well-known gangsters in the border areas of China. The local Tibetan people call them Daman people.
Daman refers to cavalry in the local language, which also explains the origin of these people from the side. They are people who come on horses.
Traveling through history, we can find that they arrived here during the Qing Dynasty Qianlong period. At that time, although Tibet was under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, the remote geographical environment of Tibet made it difficult for the court to truly and effectively manage this land. At that time, Tibet was The Kingdom of Nepal next door was divided. One of the tribes was called Gurkha . In order to dominate the kingdom and show his strength, he ordered a team to be organized to harass the Tibetan border.
The Tibetan people were unbearable. At that time, Tibet's top chief executive had no choice but to ask the imperial court for help. A few months later, Qianlong received a letter from Tibet and immediately sent General Fukang'an to go out. The war ended quickly. Nepal's army could not resist the advanced weapons and strict discipline of the time. Qing Dynasty troops.
The defeated Kingdom of Nepal signed a peace treaty and since then surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Although the war is over, some Nepalese were left behind on the Tibetan border. Among them were the wounded, some who separated from the main force during the battle, and even one unit got lost in Tibet until it was defeated. They also failed to return to their own country.
So these people stayed in the border areas of Tibet. This stay lasted for hundreds of years. They
integrated into the lives of the locals. Except for their different appearances, they were no different from the local residents.
In 2003, the Chinese government officially decided to include them as Chinese nationals, and they have since become part of the Chinese people.
lives on the border with China and enjoys the same subsidies as local residents. The country has also made great efforts to improve the residential areas of the Daman people, making life more convenient. There is water and electricity, and every household lives in a warm and stylish two-story small house. building.
On the other side of the border is their motherland, Nepal. Compared with their compatriots living in Nepal, the Daman people live a more prosperous life.
Faced with such changes, Daman people are grateful to China all the time. Now in the border area of Jilong, you can see smiling Daman people anytime and anywhere. They tell the world about that period of history and the happiness of today's life. .
