Title
Chone District Mission (1934-1936)
Files
Download Full Text
Document Type
Encyclopedia Entry
Publication Date
4-20-2022
Encyclopedia Title
Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists
ISSN
2690-8514
Keywords
Han Chinese, Muslims, Tibetans, mission
Abstract
The Chone District Mission卓尼区会was a short-term sub-entity of the Northwest China Union Mission. Its territory spanned the southeast portion of Qinghai province and the southwest portion of Gansu province, a very mountainous and picturesque district through which flowed the Taohe River. The population was composed of Han Chinese, Muslims, and Tibetans who had migrated north into China. The Tibetans were known as Chone (otherwise Cone, Choni, Zhuoni Xian 卓尼县, or Jonê). Local Chinese called them Sangemao 三根毛, meaning “three bundles of hair” because it was the custom for the women to wear their hair in three thick plaits.
Disciplines
Religion
ANZSRC / FoR Code
5004 Religious studies
Reportable Items
D1
Field of Education
09 Society and Culture
Staff Classification
Conjoint
Peer Review
Before publication
Avondale Research Centre
Scripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre
Recommended Citation
Hook, M. (2022). Chone District Mission (1934-1936). In D. Trim (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists. General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/