Lüchun County Explained

Lüchun County
Settlement Type:	County
Coordinates:	22.994°N 102.392°W
Pushpin Map:	China Yunnan
Pushpin Label:	Lüchun
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of the seat in Yunnan
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Yunnan
Subdivision Type2:	Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:	Honghe
Area Total Km2:	3167
Population Total:	200000
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	CST
Utc Offset:	+8
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	662500
Area Code:	0873

Lüchun County is located in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the south of Yunnan province, China, bordering Vietnam's Lai Châu Province to the south.

Administrative divisions

In the present, Lüchun County has 4 towns and 5 townships.^[1]

4 towns

Daxing (Chinese: 大兴镇) Niukong (Chinese: 牛孔镇)

Daheishan (Chinese: 大黑山镇) Pinghe (Chinese: 平河镇)

5 townships

Gekui (Chinese: 戈奎乡) Dashuigou (Chinese: 大水沟乡) Banpo (Chinese: 半坡乡)

Qimaba (Chinese: 骑马坝乡) Sanmeng (Chinese: 三猛乡)

Ethnic groups

The Lüchun County Gazetteer (1992) lists the following ethnic Hani subgroups (highlighted in bold) and their respective locations.

• Ha'ou 哈欧
  • Daxing 大兴: Chanong 岔弄,^[2] Laobian 老边,^[3] Mazong 马宗^[4]
  • Sanmeng 三猛区: Tongzhu 桐珠,^[5] Hade 哈德^[6]
• Qidi 期弟, Asong 阿松
  • Niukong 牛孔, Dashuigou 大水沟, Daheishan 大黑山
• Guozuo 果作
  • Pinghe District 平河区: Cheli 车里,^[7] Xinzhai 新寨,^[8] Dongha 东哈,^[9] Zedong 则东^[10] (townships 乡)
• Biyue 碧约, Kaduo 卡多, Ximoluo 西摩洛
  • Niukong 牛孔, Daheishan 大黑山, Banpo 半坡, Qimaba 骑马坝 (districts 区)
• Baihong 白宏
  • Dashuigou District 大水沟区

Ethnic Yi subgroups (all of which speak Southern Yi language varieties according to Lüchun 1992) and their respective locations are:

• Achang 阿常
  • Niukong 牛孔
• Pulian 普连
  • Qimaba 骑马坝, Daxing 大兴, Gekui 戈奎
• Alu 阿鲁
  • Dashuigou 大水沟

The Luoluopo 倮倮颇 (lo33 lo55 pho21) or Luopo 倮颇 (lo55 pho21) are found in Luopan Shangzhai 罗盘上寨,^[11] Jinping County and in Zhongzhai 中寨,^[12] Dashuigou 大水沟 Township, Lüchun County. The Luopo of Jinping believe that their ancestors had migrated from Pu'er and Mojiang County, while the Luopo of Lüchun believe that their ancestors had migrated from Dali.^[13]

References

• Lüchun County Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 1992. Lüchun County Gazetteer 绿春县志. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press 云南民族出版社.

External links

• Lüchun County Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 国家统计局 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . zh . 2021-12-07.
2. Web site: 绿春县大兴镇岔弄村委会. www.ynszxc.gov.cn.
3. Web site: 绿春县大兴镇老边村委会. www.ynszxc.gov.cn.
4. Web site: 绿春县大兴镇马宗村委会. www.ynszxc.gov.cn.
5. Web site: 绿春县三猛乡桐株村委会. www.ynszxc.gov.cn.
6. Web site: 绿春县三猛乡爬别村委会. www.ynszxc.gov.cn.
7. Web site: 绿春县平河乡车里村委会. www.ynszxc.gov.cn.
8. Web site: 绿春县平河乡新寨村委会. www.ynszxc.gov.cn.
9. Web site: 绿春县平河乡东哈村委会. www.ynszxc.gov.cn.
10. Web site: 绿春县平河乡东批村委会则东村. www.ynszxc.gov.cn.
11. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=189103 金平苗族瑶族傣族自治县老集寨乡丫口遮村委会罗盘上寨村
12. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=120451 绿春县大水沟乡大果马村委会中寨村
13. Long Luogui 龙倮贵. 2007. Honghe Yizu zuyuan zucheng ji qi renkou fenbu 红河彝族族源族称及其人口分布