547.) [In an itinerary
from Ava to Peking, we read on the 10th September, 1833:
"Slept at the city
Wun-tsheng (Chinese Yongtchang fu and Burmese Wun-zen)." (Chin. Rep.
IX. p. 474): - Mr. F.W.K. Mueller in a study on the Pa-yi language from a
Chinese manuscript entitled Hwa-i-yi-yue found by Dr. F. Hirth in China,
and belonging now to the Berlin Royal Library, says the proper orthography
of the word is Wan-chang in Pa-yi. (T'oung Pao, III. p. 20.) This helps
to find the origin of the name Vochan. - H.C.] This city has been a
Chinese one for several centuries, and previous to the late Mahomedan
revolt its population was almost exclusively Chinese, with only a small
mixture of Shans. It is now noted for the remarkable beauty and fairness of
the women. But it is mentioned by Chinese authors as having been in the
Middle Ages the capital of the Gold-Teeth. These people, according to
Martini, dwelt chiefly to the north of the city. They used to go to worship
a huge stone, 100 feet high, at Nan-ngan, and cover it annually with
gold-leaf. Some additional particulars about the Kin-Chi, in the time of
the Mongols, will be found in Pauthier's notes (p. 398).
[In 1274, the Burmese attacked Yung ch'ang, whose inhabitants were known
under the name of Kin-Chi (Golden-Teeth). (E. Rocher, Princes du
Yun-nan, p. 71.) From the Annals of Momein, translated by Mr. E.H. Parker
(China Review, XX.
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