Gyalrong people

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Gyalrong
Total population
120,000
Regions with significant populations
Sichuan, China
Languages
Mandarin, Gyalrong (traditional)
Religion
Tibetan Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Tibetan, Qiang, Tangut

The Gyalrong (

exo-ethnonym and loanword from the Tibetan word rGyal-mo tsha-wa rong.[1]

The Gyalrong refer to themselves as Keru.

People's Republic of China
classified them as a sub-group of the Tibetan people.

Notable Gyalrong

Gyalrong kingdoms

Before the Chinese Land Reform Movement there were 18 Gyalrong kingdoms/chiefdoms (嘉绒十八土司) in this area:

  • Kingdom of Chakla (ལྕགས་ལ། Wylie: lcags la; Chinese: 明正土司)
  • Chiefdom of Gotod (མགོ་སྟོད། Wylie: mgo stod; Chinese: 冷边土司)
  • Chiefdom of Shenbian (Chinese: 沈边土司)
  • Chiefdom of Gomai Damkala (མགོ་སྨད་དམ་ཀ་ལ། Wylie: mgo smad dam ka la, Chinese: 天全六番土司), annexed by Qing China in 1729
  • Chiefdom of Muchi (མུ་ཕྱི།Wylie: mu phyi, Chinese: 穆坪土司)
  • Chiefdom of Guthang (འགུ་ཐང་། Wylie: vgu thang, Chinese: 鱼通土司), separatist regime
  • Chiefdom of Geshitsa (དགེ་ཤིས་ཙ། Wylie: dge shis tsa, Chinese: 革什咱土司), annexed by R.O. China in 1912
  • Chiefdom of Dando (མདའ་མདོ། Wylie: mdav mdo, Chinese: 丹东土司), rump state of Chiefdom of Geshitsa since 1912
  • Governor of Geshitsa (Chinese: 革什咱总管), puppet regime of R.O. China since 1912
  • Chiefdom of Bawam (པ་ཝམ། Wylie: pa wam, Chinese: 巴旺土司), annexed by R.O. China in 1912
  • Chiefdom of Trateng (བྲག་སྟེང་། Wylie: brag steng, Chinese: 巴底土司), annexed by R.O. China in 1912
  • Chiefdom of Trokyap (ཁྲོ་སྐྱབས་། Wylie: khro skyabs, Chinese: 绰斯甲土司)
  • Chiefdom of
    Chuchen
    (ཆུ་ཆེན། Wylie: chu chen, Chinese: 祈浸土司) aka Greater Jinchuan, annexed by Qing China in 1776
  • Chiefdom of
    Tsanlha
    (བཙན་ལྷ། Wylie: btsan lha, Chinese: 赞拉土司) aka Lesser Jinchuan, annexed by Qing China in 1776
  • Chiefdom of Ogshi (འོག་གཞི། Wylie: vog gzhi, Chinese: 沃日土司)
  • Chiefdom of Tsenpa (བསྟན་པ། Wylie: bstan pa, Chinese: 党坝土司)
  • Chiefdom of Dzonggag (རྫོང་འགག Wylie: rdzong vgag, Chinese: 松岗土司)
  • Chiefdom of Jotse (ཅོག་ཙེ། Wylie: cog tse, Chinese: 卓克基土司)
  • Chiefdom of Somang (སོ་མང་། Wylie: so mang, Chinese: 梭磨土司)
  • Chiefdom of Gyalkha (རྒྱལ་ཁ། : Wylie: rgyal kha, Chinese: 杂谷脑土司)
  • Chiefdom of Lungu (ལུང་དགུ Wylie: lung dgu, Chinese: 瓦寺土司)

See also

References

  1. ^ Prins, Marielle. 2011. A web of relations: A grammar of rGyalrong Ji omùzú, p. 18.
  2. ^ "in search of a language unrecognised". 8 November 2015.