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Wu Ba Yue of Hunan. Many Hmong prior to the French war in Laos still spoke about the Hunan Rebellion led by Vwj Paj Yia (Wu Ba Yue).

(History)
In January 1795, the rebellion began, and lasted until 1806. Wu Pa Yia (Wu Ba Yue) was selected to be the Hmong king. He was an educated man, and had great martial art skills. It is said that he carried a sword of 45.5 kg, which is about 100 lb. His sword is being kept in a museum in Jishou in Hunan province (p213). Within a year into the rebellion, the Hmong regained most of their lands that were taken by the Chinese. The Chinese (Qing Court) deployed a total of 180,000 troops from seven provinces (Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, and Guangxi) led by Fu Kang Nya to suppress the Hmong.

King Wu Pa Yia was captured and tortured to death by slicing in front of every body, on March 25, 1796, just barely over a year into the rebellion, when he was 67 years old. Now Hmong troops grew to 100,000 men. The war continued for 10 more years until it was finally suppressed in 1806. Other Hmong leaders were either killed in battles or captured and executed. Both Wu Tian Ban and Shi San Pao were captured and taken to Beijing to be executed before the emperor. It is said that some 220 Chinese leaders were killed by Hmong in this war, and thousands Qing troops were killed.

Before the war started, the Hmong had over 4,000 villages with over 400,000 people. After the war, only 1,200 villages remained with 115,019 people alive. It is estimated that over 70% of the villages and people were destroyed during this war. Hmong territory in Hunan and Guizhou alone was being reduced by 80%, from 19,000 square kilometers to 4,000 square kilometers (p.281). Over 90% of Hmong farms were taken by the Chinese.

Many have describe Fenghuang as a Ghostly, Quiet, Untouched, and Ancient town... however, little is known about its bloody history. The Miao kept memories, remembering the bloody past... the river that flows through Fenghuang was solid red during the warring period of Qing Dynasty.

Fenghuang is home to a famous Miao writer and artist name Shen Congwen.

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[oNetHaOboI]

@momdad it seems like u know alot about Hmong history, wat generation are u?

[niamtxiv]

@oNetHaOboI

First generation Hmong American.

[kabvang]

where in the world do you get all these info??!!

i just cant seem to ever get my hands on these historical facts...i cant find any books in the library or any websites on the net...

everything just seems so mysterious and interesting...and I wanna know more.

:D

[niamtxiv]

@kabvang

sorry for the late reply... I've been doing lots of research. =)

[kabvang]

is it true the the last name Chang today was not originally a hmong last name??

b/c one of my Chang friend's great great great grandfather is chinese...

[niamtxiv]

There are 12 original Hmong clans. If your clan doesn't fall under any of the 12 original Hmong clans then your ancestors probably may have been Chinese or another ethnic group that assimilated into the Hmong culture.

[oNetHaOboI]

U must b in you 40s? Have u heard the hmong saying about Mongolia?

[oNetHaOboI]

@ thoj clan Hmong thao pepo were written as Tao in china I think so cuz my aunt was from china and that's how she spelled her last name

[jephboy]

@kabvang

Been doing research of my own. You can find documents in expense *ss books, or you can use Google Books to read partial content. They call it the "Shaker Wars", because the people who led the war were possessed by spirits. This was the reason for the war, or so the confessions says. I'm sure Han usury and predatory loans had something to do with it too. A cheaper alternative is "Insurgency and Social Disorder in Guizhou: The Miao Rebellion" by Robert D Jenks for $21.60 on Amazon.

[jephboy]

@kabvang

That is sad. My parents know little to nothing about our history, because they were poor and uneducated. Well, my dad received some education and could read/write in Lao and English, and he was also a soldier in the war. But... this does no justice, when all your history is oral tradition and whatever the current generation wants to make up. It's too bad the internet wasn't around back then. I spent my childhood not knowing ANYTHING...

[utubb100]

@kabvang Nanchao which is now Yunnan Province was a Kingdom from northern Laos,northern Thailand,and north east Burma,north Vietnam and all of Yunnan.We are ancestors of the Tai Tribes that came from the Nanchao Kingdom , the Kingdom is kept alive by the Lao Kingdom who are ancestors of the Tai Tribes.Till this day Lao people call its people Tai or Lao.

[kabvang]

it's almost annoying, i know the histroy of the miao people more than my grand parents....but i barely do.