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Kingdom of Nanzhao
Also known as Nanzhao, Nanchao
Nanzhao (), also spelled Nanchao (, Yi language: ꂷꏂꌅ, Mashynzy), was a dynastic kingdom that flourished in what is now southwestern China and northern Southeast Asia during the 8th and 9th centuries, during the mid/late Tang dynasty. It was centered on present-day Yunnan in China, with its capitals in modern-day Dali City. The kingdom was officially called Dameng (大蒙) from 738 to 859 AD, Dali (大禮) from 859 to 877 and Dafengmin (大封民) from 877 to 902.
Key facts
- Chinese.lang1
- Shan
- Chinese.vie
- Nam Chiếu Đại Lễ
- Country.native_name
- 南詔/南诏
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Nanzhao
- Country.common_name
- Nanzhao
- Country.status
- Kingdom
- Country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Country.event_start
- Established
- Country.year_start
- 738
- Country.event_end
- Overthrown
- Country.year_end
- 902
- Country.p1
- Ailao Kingdom
- Country.p2
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Article
29 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins
- Founding
- Territorial expansion
- Expanding south
- Attack on Sichuan
- Invasion of Annan
- Tang counterattack
- Siege of Chengdu
- End of territorial expansion
- Decline
- Military
- Government
- Economy
- Language
- Ethnicity
- Bai and Yi
- Forced migrations
- Bamar
- Mon-Khmer groups
- Religion
- Benzhuism
- Bimoism
- Buddhism
- Gallery of Nanzhao rulers from the Kingdom of Dali Buddhist Volume of Paintings
- Family tree of monarchs
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
Nanzhao (), also spelled Nanchao (, Yi language: ꂷꏂꌅ, Mashynzy), was a dynastic kingdom that flourished in what is now southwestern China and northern Southeast Asia during the 8th and 9th centuries, during the mid/late Tang dynasty. It was centered on present-day Yunnan in China, with its capitals in modern-day Dali City. The kingdom was officially called Dameng (大蒙) from 738 to 859 AD, Dali (大禮) from 859 to 877 and Dafengmin (大封民) from 877 to 902.
==History== thumb|The Nanzhao Dragon on Nanzhao Folklore Island, Erhai Lake, [[Yunnan]] thumb|Nanzhao Folklore Island thumb|Figure of Guanyin, 9th century, Nanzhao