Huncun

Huncun was a Jurchen region on the lower Tumen at the foot of the Changbai mountains. Under the Yuan it belonged to Kaiyuan; in 1337 its clans paid tribute to the Yuan court.

After 1407 the Ming established guards around Huncun, including Guluhunshan and Tongkuanshan. The Manchu Sumuru clan held the area in the late Ming; from 1653 it came under Ningguta. In 1714 the Qing appointed a Hunchun commandant, the first documented official use of the name.