Chiang Hung

Chiang Hung State
Keng Hung
景隴金殿國
1180–1950
Chiang Hung (Chiang Hoong) on a 19th-century map including the Chinese Shan States
Chiang Hung (Chiang Hoong) on a 19th-century map including the Chinese Shan States
StatusShan state under the suzerainty of Burma, Siam and China (1180–1892)
Native Chiefdom of China (1892–1950)
CapitalChiang Hung (present day Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture)
History 
• Chiang Hung state established
1180
• Annexed by China
1950
Today part ofChina

Chiang Hung, Sipsongpanna or Keng Hung[1] (Tai Lü: ᦵᦋᧂᦣᦳᧂᧈ; Thai: เมืองหอคำเชียงรุ่ง; Mueang Ho Kham Chiang Rung, Chinese: 車里 or 江洪) was one of the states of Shans under the suzerainty of Burma and China.[2]

Chiang Hung was inhabited mainly by Tai Lü people, a branch of the Shans or Tai, hence its other name Meung Lu. Its capital was the city of Chiang Hung, modern Jinghong. The kingdom, in its most powerful state in the 13th century, covered a large area before being subjugated by neighboring powers such as the Yuan dynasty, the Lan Na kingdom, and the Konbaung dynasty. Chinese dynasties recognized the local leaders as tusi of Cheli (Chinese: 車里宣慰使).[3]

  1. ^ "Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan states"
  2. ^ Kanbawsa - A Modern Review
  3. ^ "Che-li Pacification Superintendency (車里軍民府)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-04-15.