Gyalrong people
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Total population | |
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120,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Sichuan, China | |
Languages | |
Mandarin, Gyalrong (traditional) | |
Religion | |
Tibetan Buddhism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Tibetan, Qiang, Tangut |
The Gyalrong (
The Gyalrong refer to themselves as Keru.People's Republic of China classified them as a sub-group of the Tibetan people.
Notable Gyalrong
- Alan Dawa Dolma (born 1987), singer
- Sanggyai Yexe (1917–2008), communist official
- Sonom (died 1776), chieftain of the 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
- Quanrong
- Zhang Zhung
References
- ^ Prins, Marielle. 2011. A web of relations: A grammar of rGyalrong Ji omùzú, p. 18.
- ^ "in search of a language unrecognised". 8 November 2015.