Guīhuà

Guihua lay in the mountainous country of Yiliang, between Wumeng and Zhenxiong. A hereditary chieftaincy was established here under the Ming and placed under the chiefs of Zhenxiong. Its valleys and villages formed part of a wider frontier of Yi and other communities, where local rulers held office under imperial authority. In the eighteenth century Qing reforms replaced the chieftaincy with officials appointed through the provincial administration.