White yak grows in Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County (referred to as Tianzhu County) under the jurisdiction of Wuwei City, Gansu Province. It is the first region to implement regional ethnic autonomy after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). Tianzhu, called Huarui in Tibetan, means Hero Tribe. The average altitude here is above 3000, which belongs to the plateau area.
White yak is a rare and precious endemic semi-wild population in China and even the world. White yak is produced in Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County, Gansu Province, with Xidatan, Duoshi Town Branch, Zhuxi Xiulongtan and Acheng Yangou Grassland as the main producing areas.
Tianzhu white yak is a precious and special local fine breed in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Its producing area is the main producing area of white yak hair, velvet and tail hair in China, and even yak tail is an important foreign trade material with high economic value, which is a specialty of China.
Characteristics of white yak
Tianzhu White Yak has compact body structure, developed forequarters, poor hindquarters, high recommendation, narrow and oblique buttocks, short limbs, thick and firm bones, small ears, drooping skin, few wrinkles on the body surface, small relative body surface area, thin and elastic lips and small mouth crack, and belongs to an excellent yak body shape with both meat and hair in alpine grassland.
Tianzhu white yak lives in the alpine grassland ecological environment at an altitude of about 3000m, with cold tolerance and extensive feeding management. Under the influence of the special environment of cold and hypoxia, Tianzhu white yak has formed its special ecological and physiological characteristics in the long evolution process.
They rest at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters and can climb to a height of more than 6,000 meters. They like to move around mountains or mountain basins, and the temperature drops to MINUS 30 degrees. They can carry more than 200 kilograms of goods for nearly 30 days, walk on the ice and sleep in the snow all the way. Even if the snow is covered and the ice is frozen, they are still calm and full of vitality.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-White Yak.