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Shans

A Dictionary of World History | 2000 | Copyright

Shans A people of MYANMAR (Burma). They are akin to people in LAOS and THAILAND, and originated in Yunnan province in south-west China, entering Burma about the 13th century AD. Based in the hills east of the Irrawaddy River, they lived under chieftains thought to have divine powers. There was deep enmity between Burmans and Shans, though the latter, except in very remote areas, adopted Burman culture and Theravada BUDDHISM. A kingdom founded by a Burmanized Shan prince at Ava had considerable power from about 1360 until the unification of Upper Burma under the first TOUNGOO dynasty in the late 15th century.

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Tai Shan

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Tai Shan, Shandong/China A mountain called ‘Peaceful Mountain’ or ‘Exalted Mountain’ from tài ‘peaceful’ or ‘exalted’ and shān. It has long been a place of pilgrimage and has had many other names including Yue Shan, Da Shan, Dai Shan, Dai Yue, Yue Zong, and Tai Yue.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	An Introduction to Thai Ethnonymy: Examples from Shan and Northern Thai Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2008
	An introduction to Thai ethnonymy: examples from Shan and Northern Thai.(Report) Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2008
	Lu Shan Snow - the Forgotten Camellia. Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 10/1/1998