Funing County (;

Zhuang language The Zhuang languages (; autonym: , pre-1982: , Sawndip: 話僮, from ''vah'', 'language' and ''Cuengh'', 'Zhuang'; ) are any of more than a dozen Tai languages spoken by the Zhuang people of Southern China in the province of Guangxi and adja ...

: ) is located in

Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in southeastern Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China and the easternmost prefecture-level division of the province. It borders Baise, Guangxi to the east, Vietna ...

, in the east of

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...

province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of Yunnan, bordering

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ...

to the north, east and southeast, and

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...

Hà Giang Province Hà is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as He in Chinese and Ha in Korean. Ha is the anglicized variation of the surname Hà. It is also the anglicized variation of Hạ. Notable people with the surname Hà * Hà Kiều Anh, ...

to the south.

Administrative divisions

In the present, Funing County has 6 towns, 6 townships and 1 ethnic township. ;6 towns ;6 townships ;1 ethnic township * Dongbo Yao ()

Ethnic groups

Ethnic groups of Funing County include the following. Population statistics are from 1990, and are sourced from the ''Funing County Ethnic Gazetteer'' (1998). *

Han Chinese The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 18% of the global population and consisting of various subgroups speaking distinctive v ...

(84,337 people) *

Zhuang people The Zhuang (; ; za, Bouxcuengh, italic=yes; ) are a Tai-speaking ethnic group who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. Some also live in the Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces. They form on ...

(199,784 people, including the Buyang) ** Min ZhuangJohnson, 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. ** Dai Zhuang ("Dai Tho") ** Yei Zhuang *

Buyang people The Buyang people are an officially unrecognized Kra ethnic group living in Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan and Napo County, Guangxi in China. They are closely related to the Laha, Qabiao, Gelao, and Lachi. The Buyang language is spoken, althoug ...

Gelao people The Gelao people (also spelled Gelo) ( Gelao: ''Klau'', ) are an ethnic group of China and Vietnam. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. However, many Gelao are also variously classified a ...

(121 people) *

Yi people The Yi or Nuosu people,; zh, c=彝族, p=Yízú, l=Yi ethnicity historically known as the Lolo,; vi, Lô Lô; th, โล-โล, Lo-Lo are an ethnic group in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Numbering nine million people, they are the seve ...

(11,249 people) *

Miao people The Miao are a group of linguistically-related peoples living in Southern China and Southeast Asia, who are recognized by the government of China as one of the 56 official ethnic groups. The Miao live primarily in southern China's mountains, in ...

(24,414 people) **White Miao (autonym: ') **Lopsided Miao (autonym: ' **Red Miao * Yao people (36,591 people) **Landian lue IndigoYao (Kim Mun; autonym: ') **Daban arge BoardYao (Iu Mien; autonym: ') **Shan ountainYao ("Buya "; autonym: ') The Zheyuan people of Dongbo and Guichao ,Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha zubian 云南民族识别综合调查组编 (1960).
Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha baogao ''云南民族识别综合调查报告''
'. Kunming: Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaochazu 云南民族识别综合调查组. Funing County, are classified as ethnic Han (You 2013:290, 361-363). They numbered 1,033 persons as of 1960, and call themselves the "Yuexi people" (), while some also refer to themselves as the Buhong . The Zheyuan people migrated from Xuanhua County , Guangxi (currently the southern banks of the Yong River , in

Nanning Nanning (; ; za, Namzningz) is the capital and largest city by population of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. It is known as the "Green City" because of its abundance of lush subtropical foliage. Located in the South o ...

City, Guangxi) about 150 years ago. The Zheyuan people speak a

Yue Chinese Yue () is a group of similar Sinitic languages spoken in Southern China, particularly in Liangguang (the Guangdong and Guangxi provinces). The name Cantonese is often used for the whole group, but linguists prefer to reserve that name for ...

dialect.

Zhuang

The ''Funing County Ethnic Gazetteer'' (Lu and Nong 1998) identifies the following Zhuang subgroups.Lu Zhengyuan (吕正元) and Nong Lansheng (农览生), chief editors. 1998. ''Funing Xian Minzu Zhi uning County Nationalities Almanac'. Kunming: Yunnan Ethnic Publishing House. *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). There are 92 villages with ethnic Yi (in 38 administrative villages), consisting of 54 pure Yi villages and 38 ethnically mixed villages. Ethnic Yi are found in the following villages of Funing County. *Xinhua Township 新华乡 **Gedang Village 格当村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. *Banlun Township 板仑乡 **Longyang Village 龙洋村 **Longmai Village龙迈村 ***Mula 木腊 ***Zhegui 者归 ***Longzhong 龙中 ***Longxing 龙兴 ***Long'an 龙安 *Lida Township 里达镇 **Ligong Village 里拱村 *Mulun Township 睦伦乡 *Muyang Township 木央乡 **Mengmei, Puyang Village 普阳村孟梅 **Mushu Village 木树村 **Musang, Daping Village 大坪村木桑 **Mugang Village 木杠村 *Tianpeng Township 田蓬镇

Climate

Transport

*Nearest airport: Wenshan Airport

Historical sites

*Liuyi Hall of Elders 六宜村老人亭 *Poya Hall of Elders 坡芽村老人亭 *Guichao Old Town 归朝古镇 *The ancient village of Pingkun 坪坤村

References

External links

Funing County Official Website
{{Yunnan County-level divisions of Wenshan Prefecture