Nanzhao
Nanzhao | |||||||||||
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| 738–902 | |||||||||||
Nanzhao and contemporary Asian polities, circa 800. | |||||||||||
Kingdom of Nanzhao as of 879 AD | |||||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||||
| Capital | Taihe (before 779) Yangjumie (after 779) (both in present-day Dali City) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Nuosu (elite spoken) Bai (majority spoken) Middle Chinese (literary) | ||||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 738 | ||||||||||
• Overthrown | 902 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | China Laos Myanmar Vietnam | ||||||||||
| Nanzhao | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 南詔 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 南诏 | ||||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||||
| Tibetan | འཇང་ཡུལ | ||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||
| Vietnamese | Nam Chiếu Đại Lễ | ||||||||
| Chữ Hán | 南詔 大禮 | ||||||||
| Thai name | |||||||||
| Thai | น่านเจ้า | ||||||||
| RTGS | Nanchao | ||||||||
| Lao name | |||||||||
| Lao | ໜານເຈົ້າ, ນ່ານເຈົ້າ, ນ່ານເຈົ່າ, ໜອງແສ (/nǎːn.tɕâw, nāːn.tɕâw, nāːn.tɕāw, nɔ̌ːŋ.sɛ̌ː/) | ||||||||
| Shan name | |||||||||
| Shan | လၢၼ်ႉၸဝ်ႈ (lâan tsāw) | ||||||||
| Nuosu (Northern Yi) name | |||||||||
| Nuosu (Northern Yi) | ꂷꏂꌅ (ma'shy'nzy) | ||||||||
Nanzhao (simplified Chinese: 南诏; traditional Chinese: 南詔; pinyin: Nánzhào), also spelled Nanchao (lit. 'Southern Zhao', 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.