Funing County, Yunnan
| Funing County | |
|---|---|
.png) Location of Funing County (pink) and Wenshan Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province of China | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Wenshan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,459 km2 (2,108 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 390,000 |
| • Density | 71/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 663400 |
| Area code(s) | 0876 |
| Website | http://www.ynfn.gov.cn/ |
Funing County (富宁县; pinyin: Fùníng Xiàn) is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.
Ethnic groups
Ethnic groups of Funing County include the following. Population statistics are from 1990, and are sourced from the Funing County Ethnic Gazetteer 富宁县民族志 (1998).
- Han Chinese (84,337 people)
- Zhuang people (199,784 people, including the Buyang)
- Min Zhuang[1]
- Dai Zhuang ("Dai Tho")[1]
- Yei Zhuang[1]
- Buyang people
- Gelao people (121 people)
- Yi people (11,249 people)
- Miao people (24,414 people)[2]
- White Miao 白苗 (autonym: m̥oŋ43 de43)
- Lopsided Miao 偏苗 (autonym: m̥oŋ43 ʂua44 蒙刷)
- Red Miao 红苗
- Yao people (36,591 people)[2]
- Landian [Blue Indigo] Yao 蓝靛瑶 (Kim Mun; autonym: ki:m11 mun:11)
- Daban [Large Board] Yao 大板瑶 (Iu Mien; autonym: jiu42 mien42)
- Shan [Mountain] Yao 山瑶 ("Buya 布亚"; autonym: pu55 ʐa11)
Zhuang
The Funing County Ethnic Gazetteer (Lu and Nong 1998) identifies the following Zhuang subgroups.[2]
- Butu (布土)
- Tianbao (天保)
- Bu’ao (布傲)
- Jiazhou (甲州)
- Longjiang (龙降)
- Mayang (麻央)
- Yangwu (洋乌)
- Buli (布俚)
- Buyei (布越)
- Long’an (隆安)
- Buyang (布央)
Yi
According to the Funing County Ethnic Gazetteer 富宁县民族志 (1998), ethnic Yi numbered 11,249 as of 1991, or 3.15% of the total county population. The Zhuang exonym for the Yi is Bùměng 布孟 (also Měngrén 孟人).
| Yi group (Chinese name) | Local names (autonyms, exonyms) | No. of villages |
|---|---|---|
| White Yi 白彝 | Měngpiāo 孟瓢, Měngdǎi 蒙歹 | 59 |
| Gāokùjiǎo White Yi 高裤脚白彝 (高白彝) |
Měngkōng 蒙空, Měngpéng 蒙彭 | 13 |
| Black Yi 黑彝 | Měngnà 孟那, Měngjí 蒙吉, Měngxìn 蒙信 | 3 |
| Flowery Yi 花彝 | Měngyī 孟衣, Kèduǒ 克朵, Měngyóu 蒙尤 | 14 |
| White Flowery Yi 白花彝 | Měngbào 孟刨 | 1 |
| Sinicized Yi 汉彝 | Měnglàng 孟浪 | 2 |
| Měngméi Lolo 孟梅倮 | Měngtáng 孟堂, Kèliè 克列 | ? |
There are 92 villages with ethnic Yi (in 38 administrative villages), consisting of 54 pure Yi villages and 38 ethnically mixed villages.[2]
| Township | Ethnic Yi population |
Percentage within township |
Ethnic Yi subgroups |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xīnhuá 新华乡 | 249 | 0.75% | Měngdǎi 蒙歹 (White Yi) |
| Bǎnlún 板仑乡 | 2,786 | 11.61% | Měngkōng 蒙空 (High-Trouser Yi) |
| Lǐdá 里达镇 | 1,293 | 6.02% | Měngdǎi 蒙歹 (White Yi), Měngkōng 蒙空 (High-Trouser Yi) |
| Mùlún 睦伦乡 | 1,774 | 10.11% | Měngdǎi 蒙歹 (White Yi) |
| Mùyāng 木央乡 | 3,454 | 12.47% | Měngdǎi 蒙歹 (White Yi), Kèliè 克列 (Mengmei Yi), Kèduǒ 克朵 (Flowery Yi), Měnglàng 孟浪 (Sinicized Yi), Měngjí 蒙吉 (Black Yi) |
Ethnic Yi are found in the following villages of Funing County.[2]
- Xinhua Township 新华乡
- Banlun Township 板仑乡
- Lida Township 里达镇
- Mulun Township 睦伦乡
- Muyang Township 木央乡
- Tianpeng Township 田蓬镇
Transport
- Nearest airport: Wenshan Airport
Historical sites
- Liuyi Hall of Elders 六宜村老人亭[19]
- Poya Hall of Elders 坡芽村老人亭[20]
- Guichao Old Town 归朝古镇[21]
- The ancient village of Pingkun 坪坤村[22]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Johnson, Eric C. 2011. "A Lexical and Phonological Comparison of the Central Taic Languages of Wenshan Prefecture, China: Getting More Out of Language Survey Wordlists Than Just Lexical Similarity Percentages." SIL Electronic Working Papers 2011-005: 170.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Lu Zhengyuan (吕正元) and Nong Lansheng (农览生), chief editors. 1998. Funing Xian Minzu Zhi [Funing County Nationalities Almanac]. Kunming: Yunnan Ethnic Publishing House.
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=189946
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lama, Ziwo Qiu-Fuyuan. 2012. Subgrouping Of Nisoic (Yi) Languages: A Study From The Perspectives Of Shared Innovation And Phylogenetic Estimation. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas at Arlington.
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=238706
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=238704
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vindex.aspx?departmentid=238705
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- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=238837
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=238852
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=238832
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=259546
- ↑ Wu Zili [武自立]. 1993. A preliminary study of the Mo'ang language of Funing County, Yunnan Province [云南富宁未昂话初探]. Minzu Yuwen 2. http://wuxizazhi.cnki.net/Search/MZYW199302009.html
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=206684
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=206527
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=196662
- ↑ There is a Gelao village here called Dingjiapo 丁家坡. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=196701
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=4905
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=4906
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=218792
- ↑ http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=219071
Further reading
- Hsiu, Andrew. 2014. "Mondzish: a new subgroup of Lolo-Burmese". In Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-14). Taipei: Academia Sinica.
- Wu Zili. 1994. A preliminary study of the Gasu language of Guangnan County, Yunnan Province [云南省广南县嘎苏话初探]. Minzu Yuwen 2.
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