Interview with Village Leaders （Ⅳ）： Political, Legal and Public Services in Rural Tibet

Sainted Naxi ethnic group village head Gongqoi ZhaxiLocated at southeast comer of Tibet, Yanjin （tsha-kha）is close to Yunnan Province. It is a wellknown place in Tibet for several reasons. First, this place produces well salt differing from the lake salt in northern Tibet. The salt produced here is formed by isolating salty water fetched from wells beside the Lancangjiang River in salt ponds. Second, in Yanjin, there is a unique Catholic church, and there are many Tibetan people who became Catholics from the late 19th century onwards. Third, this is the only place in Tibet inhabited by the Naxi ethnic group. On July 7 2005, this writer interviewed the sainted senior village head of Lower Yanjin Village, Yanjin Township.