Zhonglindong

Zhonglindong was a Kam native chieftaincy in the Qingshui River hills, seated at Zhongling in present-day Jinping County, Guizhou. Under the Yuan, the area was governed through the Tian family of Sizhou.

The Ming fortified nearby Tonggu as a guard in 1397 and re-established the Zhonglin Yandong native commandery in 1403. Tonggu Guard was re-established in 1405. Zhonglindong belonged to Xinhua Prefecture until its abolition in 1434, when it passed to Liping; the Qing made Tonggu into Jinping County in 1727.