横断山系的神奇聚落——嘉绒藏寨碉群

Supernatural Sefflements in the Hengduan Mountain——Jiarong Tibetan Villages ＆ Watchtowers

地处青藏高原东端的横断山系是我国古代民族文化交流的走廊，在高山许多神奇的石砌设防聚落——嘉绒藏寨碉群。嘉绒藏寨碉群有着数千年的悠久历史和丰富多彩的民族文化交融背景，有“依山居止”和高耸如林的石砌碉楼，是一种独特的技术成就和创造性的天才杰作。嘉绒藏寨碉群从远古承传至今，不但保留完整而且同居住和生息在其中的嘉绒藏胞一起，为我们珍藏下了一种自古已然的住居方式和文化生态，是现在还“活着的”传统人居聚落，具有世界文化遗产的多种特征。

The Hengduan Mountain, which lay at the east of the Tibetan plateau, can be regarded as the corridor for the exchange of ancient national culture, In the dangerous surrounding with high mountain and deep vale, there are so many supernatural defensive settlements built by stone which are Jlarong Tibetan villages ＆ watch towers. They have stayed there for thousands years with the background of national culture exchange. The unique seltlement structure such as living on the mountain, selting up the defenses, and the stone masonry watch towers are all of a kind of unique technological achievement, even can be called as talent works of creativity. Inheriting from ancient to this day, the Jiarong Tibetan villages ＆ watchtowers are conserved fully as well as preserved a kind of ancient living pattern and culture by the Tibetans Inhabiting and propagating in them. They are the traditional settlements, which are still alive, and carry on many characteristics of world culture heritage.