The Hani (the 'He' or 'Woni' of the Tang and Yuan texts; we give the identification as scholars', not read) farm rice terraces on the steep slopes between the Ailao mountains, the Red River (Yuanjiang) and the Mekong; the English Wikipedia says terraced rice farming among them began about 1,300 years ago, which puts it in the Nanzhao age.
Each village has its headman and its ritual specialists; no larger authority is known; Dali's list gives a Yinyuan bu at Yuanjiang. No headman is named.
Who he is
- Title
- Village headmen
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No named source.
Overlord
none; Dali by title only
What it holds
- The terraced slopes of Honghe, Yuanyang, Lüchun, Jinping, Yuanjiang, Mojiang and Ning'er
How things stand that morning
Self-governing villages; no event dated.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: General statements only.
On the map: No drawing; the peoples province carries the ground.
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia, Hani people (read this session; no medieval content)
- Chinese Wikipedia, 大理国 (read this session: the eight fu, four jun, four zhen and thirty-seven bu; it cites Yang Shen's Dian zai ji, Wang Song's Yunnan beizhengzhi, Ni Lu's Nanzhao yeshi, the Baigu tongji qianshu)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.