The Protection And Management Of Northwest Yunnan Of The Ming Dynasty

At the same time,the Ming Dynasty establish a series of chieftain and Wei-so around the periphery of the Tibet Plateau.Thereby,the Ming Dynasty construct a semi curved line of defense to block the Tibetan East Road.In this semi curved line,the northwestern Yunnan located in the border region of Sichuan Yunnan and Tibet,and own the Yunnan-Tibet Road,caused the Ming rulers of attention.The Ming Dynasty actively deployed here,the first is to recognize and support the local minority leader forces to be chieftains within the system to the dynasty,so as to build up a chieftain toast to resist the Tibet,shielding the mainland.Then,the Ming Dynasty expand the strategic point in the Northwest Yunnan,establish Lancang chieftain in Beisheng area,and the chieftain clan into the Han officials in Heqing Prefecture chieftain,the two strategic were placed under the direct rule of the dynasty,thus realizing the effective control of the Tibetan and the Northwest Yunnan’s chieftains,further strengthening the Dynasty’s control over the region.The business of the Ming Dynasty in Northwest Yunnan have achieved good effect.It effectively safeguarding the stability and peace of the southwest border of the mainland,let the Yunnan and other places have ample time for its rapid development.At the same time,the Ming Dynasty forces into the region,but also to bring about great changes.Lijiang chieftain under the Ming Dynasty’s strong support,the gradual rise of prosperity,expanding territory,and the distribution range of the Naxi nationality also expanded into Tibet,mixed together with Tibetan.In change of national distribution pattern at the same time,this area has gradually formed a unique group of both Naxi and Tibetan culture.Lugu lake belong to a area before the Ming dynasty,but divided to two area along the Sichuan-yunnan in early Ming dynasty.Due to the boundaries are unknown,the two chieftain often scramble for the possession of territory.To Jiajing period in the Ming Dynasty,in under the auspices of the Ming dynasty,the two sides signed a statute in the left,a clear dividing line between the completely.Because both belong to two provinces,the contract is actually for contemporary the boundaries of sichuan and yunnan provinces in the lugu lake area of designated laid a foundation.The Ming forces infiltration,making between Ming Dynasty and local toast exchanges have gradually increased.In the two closing link,on both sides of the political subordination was confirmed,and gradually formed a certain sense of identity of the community,and Northwest Yunnan has gradually integrated into the historical process of the China,eventually became part of the contemporary Chinese indivisible.