Tángyá

Tangya was a Tujia hereditary chiefdom on the Tangya River in western Hubei, ruled by the Qin clan.

In 1346 its founder received the office of pacification commissioner; the clan built its capital against Xuanwu Mountain in 1355. Its sixteen generations survived the Ming-Qing transition, but in 1735 the Yongzheng court abolished the office in its campaign to replace native chiefs with appointed officials.