Funing County
富宁县Funingz Yen
Fuzhou Square, Funing county hall
Yingbin Road, Baiyue Park
Location of Funing County (red) and Wenshan Prefecture (pink) within Yunnan province
Location of Funing County (red) and Wenshan Prefecture (pink) within Yunnan province
Funing is located in Yunnan
Funing
Funing
Location of the seat in Yunnan
Coordinates: 23°37′48″N 105°37′34″E / 23.63000°N 105.62611°E / 23.63000; 105.62611
CountryChina
ProvinceYunnan
Autonomous prefectureWenshan
County seatXinhua
Area
 • Total5,352 km2 (2,066 sq mi)
Dimensions
 • Length108.78 km (67.59 mi)
 • Width109.89 km (68.28 mi)
Highest elevation
(Mount Muhong (木洪山))
1,851 m (6,073 ft)
Lowest elevation
203 m (666 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total396,818
 • Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)
Postal code
663400
Area code0876
Websitewww.ynfn.gov.cn

Funing County (simplified Chinese: 富宁县; traditional Chinese: 富寧縣; pinyin: Fùníng Xiàn; Zhuang language: Funingz Yen) is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the east of Yunnan province, China. It is the easternmost county-level division of Yunnan, bordering Guangxi to the north, east and southeast, and Vietnam's Hà Giang Province to the south.[2]

Administrative divisions

In the present, Funing County has 6 towns, 6 townships and 1 ethnic township.[4]

6 towns
  • Xinhua (新华镇)
  • Guichao (归朝镇)
  • Bo'ai (剥隘镇)
  • Lida (里达镇)
  • Tianpeng (田蓬镇)
  • Muyang (木央镇)
6 townships
  • Banlun (板仑乡)
  • Gula (谷拉乡)
  • Zhesang (者桑乡)
  • Naneng (那能乡)
  • Ayong (阿用乡)
  • Huajia (花甲乡)
1 ethnic township

Ethnic groups

Map including Funing (labeled as FU-NING (FU-CHOU) (Walled) 富寧 (富州)) (AMS, 1954)

Ethnic groups of Funing County include the following. Population statistics are from 1990, and are sourced from the Funing County Ethnic Gazetteer 富宁县民族志 (1998).

The Zheyuan 蔗园 people of Dongbo 洞波 and Guichao 归朝,[7] Funing County, are classified as ethnic Han (You 2013:290, 361-363).[8] They numbered 1,033 persons as of 1960, and call themselves the "Yuexi people" (粤西人), while some also refer to themselves as the Buhong 布红. The Zheyuan people migrated from Xuanhua County 宣化县, Guangxi (currently the southern banks of the Yong River 邕江, in Nanning City, Guangxi) about 150 years ago. The Zheyuan people speak a Yue Chinese dialect.[8]

Zhuang

The Funing County Ethnic Gazetteer (Lu and Nong 1998) identifies the following Zhuang subgroups.[6]

  • 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[6]
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.[6]

Yi subgroups by township[6]
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.[6]

  • Xinhua Township 新华乡
  • Banlun Township 板仑乡
  • Lida Township 里达镇
  • Mulun Township 睦伦乡
  • Muyang Township 木央乡
    • Mengmei, Puyang Village 普阳村孟梅[21]
    • Mushu Village 木树村[22]
    • Musang, Daping Village 大坪村木桑[10][23]
    • Mugang Village 木杠村[24]
  • Tianpeng Township 田蓬镇

Climate

Climate data for Funing, elevation 686 m (2,251 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 31.5
(88.7)
34.1
(93.4)
37.1
(98.8)
38.8
(101.8)
39.5
(103.1)
37.0
(98.6)
36.5
(97.7)
36.6
(97.9)
35.6
(96.1)
33.0
(91.4)
31.9
(89.4)
30.2
(86.4)
39.5
(103.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 17.4
(63.3)
20.2
(68.4)
24.3
(75.7)
28.4
(83.1)
30.3
(86.5)
31.0
(87.8)
31.3
(88.3)
31.1
(88.0)
29.4
(84.9)
26.1
(79.0)
23.2
(73.8)
18.7
(65.7)
26.0
(78.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 12.0
(53.6)
14.3
(57.7)
18.1
(64.6)
22.3
(72.1)
24.7
(76.5)
25.9
(78.6)
26.0
(78.8)
25.2
(77.4)
23.5
(74.3)
20.5
(68.9)
16.8
(62.2)
12.8
(55.0)
20.2
(68.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 8.3
(46.9)
10.1
(50.2)
13.5
(56.3)
17.7
(63.9)
20.4
(68.7)
22.4
(72.3)
22.6
(72.7)
21.8
(71.2)
19.9
(67.8)
17.1
(62.8)
12.7
(54.9)
8.8
(47.8)
16.3
(61.3)
Record low °C (°F) −1.3
(29.7)
0.0
(32.0)
0.7
(33.3)
8.1
(46.6)
9.9
(49.8)
13.6
(56.5)
14.9
(58.8)
16.0
(60.8)
11.0
(51.8)
6.0
(42.8)
0.7
(33.3)
−3.7
(25.3)
−3.7
(25.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 23.4
(0.92)
15.8
(0.62)
33.9
(1.33)
45.7
(1.80)
133.1
(5.24)
193.3
(7.61)
211.1
(8.31)
227.4
(8.95)
121.8
(4.80)
76.7
(3.02)
33.1
(1.30)
23.6
(0.93)
1,138.9
(44.83)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 8.7 7.3 8.6 10.4 13.2 17.5 18.3 18.7 12.8 10.2 7.1 6.7 139.5
Average snowy days 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Average relative humidity (%) 78 75 73 71 73 78 80 83 82 81 79 78 78
Mean monthly sunshine hours 98.9 115.1 139.5 162.9 168.7 134.2 147.6 155.5 139.2 117.8 134.6 115.0 1,629
Percent possible sunshine 29 36 37 43 41 33 36 39 38 33 41 35 37
Source: China Meteorological Administration[25][26]

Transport

Historical sites

  • Liuyi Hall of Elders 六宜村老人亭[27]
  • Poya Hall of Elders 坡芽村老人亭[28]
  • Guichao Old Town 归朝古镇[29]
  • The ancient village of Pingkun 坪坤村[30]

References

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Further reading

  • Hsiu, Andrew. 2014. "Mondzish: a new subgroup of Lolo-Burmese Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine". 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 . Minzu Yuwen 2.