Jiàohuà

Jiaohua was a native chieftaincy in the mountain country of southeastern Yunnan. During the Ming conquest of Yunnan, local leaders submitted to the new dynasty and were given hereditary offices, including the Jiaohua chief’s office. The surrounding region was home to Yi and other communities, whose settlements occupied valleys and uplands between the Red River and the lands towards Vietnam. Native chiefs mediated between these communities and the imperial administration.