351/20071JournalofLanzhouUniversity(SocialSciences)Vol.35No.1/Jan.2007(730000)³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³:::B929:A:1000-2804(2007)01-0058-07³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³³\\200266.4333.1849.95%28.6543.12%4.376.58%[1]84\||20046200610\\||\\\\\2006-05-20..1972-.\||55.220071\\\\\\\[2]\[3]12-13||JohnLeightonStu-art\`'[4]24\||\`'1886191981402524[3]14\WilliamW.Simpson\\[5]189[6]\\[6]||\GatewaytoTibet[7]\21\1929\\`'..[J].2002351.||14\1900.\...2026-27.1732....:3\\\Easton1894[8]800\[8]8001902[9]67119091916[10]17301909[10]17301910[8]8001922[11]261[11]26119125\.249..17298002971860251187716711886.1877.800671172929718797-2072.18797-207218817-2118.124188480018911894.[M].1988.188[M].1997.17617291896.18947-20817-2082.420071147\||\°Minchow[6]191319151917\[8]8011917\1930192419261936[10]17311936[8]8001940[11]2611950[12]7211924\1928[13]636[14]151.\\\[10]1729\849.\.125636.1858..[M].1981.63-65.41105.\.:5\\\2.||[14]15\[15]105[10]1730-1731[11]2611911191219171922[8]801\[9]672\[16]76\\[17]260\..262.620071\\\[9]672\1192919304000[10]173123[11]2624\[10]1731[11]2611949\1717131286[10]1729[18]125[19]297189818981902[10]17301924261262.151921\.261..18997-20927-2165.:7[20]84920068..[1].1953-2003[M].2003.[2]28[M].[3].||[M].1997.[4].[M]..1982.[5][M].1988.[6].||[EB/OL].»aogst/147.htm.[7]RobertB.Ekva1l.GatewaytoTibetTheKansu-TibetanBorder[M].HarrisburgChristianPublica-tionsInc1938.[8].[M].1997.[9].[M].1994.[10].[M].1999.[11].[M].1999.[12].[M].1995.[13].[M].1996.[14].[M].2006.[15].[M]//.1989.[16].||[M].1988.[17].[M].1987.[18][M].1986.[19].[M].1989.[20].[M].1998.OntheDisseminationofChristianityinSouthernGansuProvinceCHENSheng-bai(SchoolofPhilosophyandSociology,LanzhouUniversity,Lanzhou,730000,China)Abstract:GannanDistrict(southernGansu)isthepivotaljunctureofcommunicationandtransportationbetweenTibetandotherpoartsofChina,andispopulatedbypeopleofvariousethnicgroupswithTibetansmakingupthemajorityofthepopulation.ThispaperinvestigatestheearlyphaseofthedisseminationoftheChristianfaithinthisareas,particularfocusgiventotheprocess,methodsande®ectsofthemissionaryactivities.Keywords:GannanDistrict;Christianity;missionarywork()