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Tai Lü can be written as Tai Lue, Dai Le and Dai Lue. They are also known as Xishuangbanna Dai, Sipsongpanna Tailurian and Tai Sipsongpanna. The word Lue ( Thai : เหนือ Tai Lue: ᦟᦹᧉ) in the Tai languages means "north", thus their ethnonym means Northern Tai which they share with Tai Nua people .
In the twelfth century, the Dai (called Dai-Lue or Tai-Lue at this period) established the Jinghong Golden Hall Kingdom in Sipsong Panna (modern Xishuangbanna). Jinghong was the capital of this kingdom. The population of the kingdom was over one million and recognized the Chinese as their sovereign according to local records.
The locals, especially the Tam Dao and Tai Lue people, are adept at silk and cotton weaving. The Tam Dao weave sins (traditional Lao skirts), scarves and works of art. The Tai Lue cotton weavers in villages such as Nong Boua and Xieng Yun make dyes consisting of a blend of leaves, flowers, insects and wood and weave traditional cotton textiles ...
China: Kingdom of Nanzhao: 738: ... Tai Lue name; Tai Lue ... Export amounted to US$18 million. Apart from sales on the domestic market, Yunnan also exports to a ...
Before 1886, the region was called Chiang Hung, a Tai Lue kingdom that was contended between China, Lanna and the Burmese dynasties. After the Mongol conquest in 1296, the subsequent Ming and Qing emperors appointed the Tai Lue rulers of Chiang Hung as a native Tusi governor. [8] In 1563, King Bayinnaung of Burma's Taungoo Dynasty captured ...
China Post logo with the New Tai Lue script in Mohan, Yunnan New Tai Lue is a modernization of the Lanna alphabet (also known as the Tai Tham script ), which is similar to the Thai alphabet , and consists of 42 initial consonant signs (21 high-tone class, 21 low-tone class), seven final consonant signs, 16 vowel signs, two tone letters and one ...
China's stock markets surged after the National Day break, but the gains pared quickly. Beijing's aggressive stimulus measures have bolstered market sentiment, despite economic challenges.
Chiang Hung was inhabited mainly by Tai Lü people, a branch of the Shans or Tai, hence its other name Meung Lu. Its capital was the city of Chiang Hung, modern Jinghong . The kingdom, in its most powerful state in the 13th century, covered a large area before being subjugated by neighboring powers such as the Yuan dynasty , the Lan Na kingdom ...