Jishishan Baoan Dongxiang Salar Autonomous County, belonging to Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province, is located in the southwest of Gansu Province, at the foot of Xiaojin Mountain in the northwest corner of Linxia Prefecture, bordering Linxia County in the southeast, Xunhua Salar Autonomous County in Qinghai Province in the west, Minhe County in Qinghai Province across the river in the north and Yongjing County across the Yellow River in the northeast, with a total area of 909.97 square kilometers.

The county covers a total area of 9 10 square kilometers, governs 17 townships (towns), 145 administrative villages and 7 community neighborhood committees, with a total population of 280,000 people and an area of 467,400 mu of cultivated land, with per capita cultivated land of10.68 mu. There are Bao 'an, Dongxiang, Salar, Hui, Han, Tu and Tibetan ethnic groups 10, and ethnic minorities account for 64.9% of the county's total population, of which 2140,000 are Bao 'an ethnic groups, accounting for more than 95% of the national total population of Bao 'an ethnic groups. It is the only Baoan settlement in China.

The folk culture of Jishishan County;

1, Baoan clothing: Baoan men usually wear a white hat (a kind of dome cloth hat made of white cloth or black cloth), a white shirt, a black vest and blue or gray pants; Wear Chinese tunic suit, military casual clothes or jacket when visiting relatives and friends or going out. Women like to wear colorful right-handed shirts, pants, jackets with vests and lace; Generally, girls wear hijab, which is usually green, black after marriage and white in old age.

2. Bao 'an architecture: In the early days, Bao 'an's living style was the same as that of Tibetans and Tu people, mainly with earthen houses with civil structures. After moving to Dahe, Gansu, the living form of Baoan people has also changed. Earlier, the roofs of residents were connected together, with high walls and thick walls, and the houses were connected together. Once something happens, the whole village can contact them quickly without leaving the hospital. This is a historical testimony of the mutual assistance and unity of the Baoan people during the war.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Jishishan Baoan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County