Lancang Kuning Riau University
Lancang may refer to: *Lancang River, in China, upper half of Mekong River *Lancang County, in Yunnan, China *Lancang (ship), a sailing ship from the Malay Archipelago *Lancang train, Laos Railways variant of China Railway CR200J The CR200J Fuxing ( zh, s=复兴号, p=Fùxīng Hào "Rejuvenation") is a Chinese higher-speed trainset consisting of a power car paired with unpowered passenger cars operated by China Railway. It is the slowest member of the Fuxing series. The ...

Mekong
The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's List of rivers by length, twelfth longest river and List of longest rivers of Asia, the third longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annually. From the Tibetan Plateau the river runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The extreme seasonal variations in flow and the presence of rapids and waterfalls in the Mekong make navigation difficult. Even so, the river is a major trade route between western China and Southeast Asia. Names The Mekong was originally called ''Mae Nam Khong'' from a contracted form of Tai language, Tai shortened to ''Mae Khong''. In Thai and Lao, ''Mae Nam'' ("Mother of Water[s]") is used for large rivers and ''Khong'' is the proper name referred to as "River Khong". However, ''Khong'' is an archaic word meaning "river", loaned from Austroasiatic languages, such as Vietnamese ...
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Lancang Lahu Autonomous County
Lancang Lahu Autonomous County (; Lahu: ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, in southwestern Yunnan province, China. Lancang is the same as Lan Xang, and refers to the Mekong River (known in Chinese as the Lancang) on its eastern borders and adopted by modern Laos, a Tai word meaning ''Million Elephants''. History In 1988, the county was struck by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake. It was followed by a second damaging event shortly after. The two events killed a total of 939 people. Administrative divisions Lancang Lahu Autonomous County comprises five towns, nine townships and six ethnic townships. ;Towns ;Townships ;Ethnic townships Ethnic groups A large portion of the population are of Lahu ethnicity, and Lahu language is one of the official languages in the county. The Akha language, whose speakers are officially classified as Hani people, is also spoken in Lancang County. Ethnic Hani townships include Fazhan 发展河哈尼族乡 and Jiujing 酒� ...
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Lancang (ship)
A lancang (also written lanchang or lancha) is a type of sailing ship from Maritime Southeast Asia. It is used as warship, lighter, and as royal ship, particularly used by the people of Sumatran east coast, but can also be found in the coast of Kalimantan. Etymology The name comes from the Malay word ''lancang'' which means "swift". Design and construction The earliest mention of the ''lancang'' is from Julah inscription dated 844 Saka (923 AD), which explains the orders of the King Sri Ugrasena on certain rules. The inscription mentions terms for boats such as "lancang", " parahu", "jukung", "talaka", "bahitra", and "jong". It is the oldest form of boat building in the Indonesian archipelago and has been recorded in Gilimanuk, Bali. The boat builders are known as ''undagi lancang''. According to the ''Ngantang'' inscription, ''lancang'' were also used in Majapahit-controlled areas. The ''lancang'' of this era has no sails. ''Lancang'' have overhanging square sterns abov ...
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