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Panlon
Pan Lon ( zh, c=班弄, p=Bānnòng) is the capital of Panlong Subtownship, Hopang District, in the Wa Self-Administered Division of Myanmar. Geography The town is located west of the Salween on a high mountain valley between two ridges. The area is near the border with China, which lies at Mong Ling Shan mountain, about 11 km to the NE. History James George Scott, Sir George Scott described the town thus: Panlong Subtownship, Panglong, a Chinese Muslim town in British rule in Burma, British Burma, was entirely destroyed by the Japanese invaders in the Japanese invasion of Burma. The Hui people, Hui Muslim Ma Guanggui became the leader of the Hui Panglong self defense guard created by Su who was sent by the Kuomintang government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China to fight against the Japanese invasion of Panglong in 1942. The Japanese destroyed Panglong, burning it and driving out the over 200 Hui households out as refugees. Yunnan and Kokang rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panlong Subtownship
Panlong Subtownship is a subtownship of the Wa Self-Administered Division of Shan State, formerly and conterminously part of Hopang District. Its main town and capital is Pan Lon, also known as Panlong and Pang Long, which was settled in the 19th century by Panthay people, mainly followers of Du Wenxiu, who had found refuge in the Wa States after having suffered persecution in China. The refugees were allowed to reside in the town by paying a tribute to the local Wa ''saopha''. History In the latter half of the nineteenth century the adherents to the Panthay cause, chiefly Hui migrants from Dali, Baoshan, Shanning, Menghua and elsewhere in southern and western Yunnan, were persecuted by the imperial mandarins in China. Wholesale massacres of Panthays followed. Many fled with their families across the Burmese border and took refuge in the Wa States where, about 1875, they set up the exclusively Panthay town of Panlong, becoming the ''de facto'' rulers of the area as their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
