. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. ofHo Chou, and the monks are no longer as unruly and hostileto foreigners as formerly; at the time of our visit they hadeven applied for the establishment of an agency of theChinese Post Office at Labrang. All the same it is advisablefor foreign visitors to be provided with an introduction fromsome Tibetan or Mahomedan authority. A li or two fromthe monastery is the usual Chinese, or rather Mahomedan,bazaar. These large monasteries on the Kokonor border arecommercial as well a
. Travels of a Consular officer in North West China; with original maps of Shensi and Kansu and illus. by photographs. ofHo Chou, and the monks are no longer as unruly and hostileto foreigners as formerly; at the time of our visit they hadeven applied for the establishment of an agency of theChinese Post Office at Labrang. All the same it is advisablefor foreign visitors to be provided with an introduction fromsome Tibetan or Mahomedan authority. A li or two fromthe monastery is the usual Chinese, or rather Mahomedan,bazaar. These large monasteries on the Kokonor border arecommercial as well as religious centres, and the Chinesetrading villages attached to them resemble in a way theforeign settlements attached to Chinese cities opened toforeign trade. This border trade is almost entirely in thehands of the Mahomedans, and even where the Chinesetake a hand in it, it is through the agency of Mahomedanmiddlemen, called Hsiehchia, who travel amongst theTibetans further west, and barter Chinese wares for theirproduce, especially wool. There are many queer tales aboutLabrang to be heard locally. PLATE XXXI. A MIDDAY HALT ON THE ROAD TO LABRANG
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