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'''Sinlung''', sometimes called '''Chhinlung''', '''Khur''' or '''Khul''', is the ancestral home of the [[Chin people|Chin]], [[Kuki people|Kuki]] or [[Zo people|Zo]] people ([[Mizo people|Zohnahthlâk]] ).{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} The [[Mizo people|Mizo]], [[Hmars|Hmar]]s, and other Hmar sub-clan/sub-tribe trace their origin to Chhinlung / Sinlung. Most of the tribes/clans in [[Mizoram]] and its neighbouring regions have talk about Chhinlung as their most ancient origin, which is orally told by the ancient [[Mizo people|Mizo]] and other sub-tribe/clan. Numerous poems, songs and tales about this place have been made and handed down from generation to generation. Folklore about Sinlung describes it as a [[city-state]] where a form of [[democracy]] was in existence, and which engaged in many wars with its neighbours. There are many stories of bravery and courage, and here the tribe started the practice of headhunting.

==Location and origin==
Historians differ on the issue of the location of Sinlung and the origin of the name. Several theories and views regarding the origin and location have been put forward. Historian Hranglien Songate believed it to have been in [[Southwest China|South West China]], possibly in the present [[Dali Town|Dali]] or Silung of [[Yunnan|Yunnan Province]] of today's [[China]].<ref name="Zehol1998">{{cite book|author=Lucy Zehol|title=Ethnicity in Manipur: Experiences, Issues, and Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsuAAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Regency Publications|isbn=978-81-86030-51-6|pages=50–51}}</ref> Other possibilities are [[Xining]] in [[central China]] or the present Sinlung, located near the [[Yalong River]] in [[Sichuan|Sichuan Province]] of China.

==Hmars leave Sinlung==
The [[Hmars]], the majority of whom now belong to a tribe of the [[Mizo people|Mizo]] people, eventually left Sinlung,{{cn|date=October 2020}} for reasons which are not known for sure, but historians suggest either economic reasons, oppressive Chinese rulers or powerful enemies in the area.<ref name="Bareh2001">{{cite book|author=Hamlet Bareh|title=Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Mizoram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JlHhTlPpanIC&pg=PA294|year=2001|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-792-4|pages=294–}}</ref>

There were successive waves of migrants southward from China before 1000 AD into [[Southeast Asia]]. Historian [[Edward Thomas Williams]], writes about the [[Qin dynasty|Qin Dynasty]] who, "violated all the rules of courteous warfare, triumphed and took over the territory and symbols of the rule of the [[Zhou dynasty]] (their predecessors)".{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} It is believed that the Hmars might have been moving along with one of these waves towards the south, and eventually into [[India]].<ref name="Bareh2001" />

==Shan==
Hmar folk tales and songs describe the second settlement of the Hmars as being in Shan, which was marked by a time of prosperity and peace.<ref name="Sachchidananda1996">{{cite book|author=Sachchidananda|title=Encyclopaedic Profile of Indian Tribes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmDRNTYw49EC&pg=PA116|year=1996|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7141-298-3|pages=116–}}</ref> According to Hranglien Songate, a Hmar historian, in Shan their civilisation advanced much farther than Sinlung. Many of the Hmar festivals such as ''Butukhuonglawm'' (Spring festival), ''Lunglâk'' (Autumn festival) and ''Sesun'' (Solemn celebration) have their origin in Shan.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sinlung.com/ Sinlung]

[[Category:Hmar]]
[[Category:Culture of Mizoram]]

Sinlung - Revision history

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