Funing County (; Zhuang language: ) is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the southeast of Yunnan province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of Yunnan, bordering Guangxi to the north, south and east, and Vietnam's Tuyên Quang province to the south.
Geography Funing is located in the east of Wenshan Prefecture. It borders Youjiang District and Jingxi, Guangxi to the east, Napo County, Guangxi to the south, Guangnan County to the west, Xilin County and Tianlin County of Guangxi to the north, and Malipo County across the Nanli River to the southwest. It also borders the Tuyên Quang province of Vietnam to the south.baike.com
Administrative divisions Funing County has 6 towns, 6 townships and 1 ethnic township. 6 towns
Xinhua () Guichao () Bo'ai () Lida () Tianpeng () Muyang ()
6 townships
Banlun () Gula () Zhesang () Naneng () Ayong () Huajia ()
1 ethnic township Dongbo Yao Ethnic Township ()
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 (84,337 people) Zhuang people (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 Gelao people (121 people) Yi people (11,249 people) Miao people (24,414 people) White Miao (autonym: ) Lopsided Miao (autonym: Red Miao Yao people (36,591 people) Landian [Blue Indigo] Yao (Kim Mun; autonym: ) Daban [Large Board] Yao (Iu Mien; autonym: ) Shan [Mountain] Yao ("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 City, Guangxi) about 150 years ago. The Zheyuan people speak a Yue Chinese 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 [Funing 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).
+Yi subgroups of Funing County 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.
+Yi subgroups by township 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. 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 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There is a Gelao village here called Dingjiapo 丁家坡. http://www.ynszxc.net/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=196701 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
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.
External links Funing County Official Website