Yangga Tibetan Sheep

Yangga Tibetan Sheep

　　China has a long history of sheep farming. Numerous Neolithic sites have yielded sheep bones or pottery sheep figurines, and sheep are the most frequently depicted animals in ancient rock paintings discovered across the country. In the lives of the Chinese ancestors, sheep carried diverse symbolic meanings such as auspiciousness, harmony, beauty, and justice.

　　Sheep are considered the most treasured among the six domestic animals, valued for their meat, milk, hide, and medicinal uses, serving many purposes and loved by all. Therefore, during the Year of the Sheep, promoting Chinese sheep culture and developing the rural sheep industry holds special significance.