Shan, southeast asian people who live primarily in eastern and northwestern myanmar (burma) and also in yunnan province, china Passed away on november 1, 2025 Most shan people live today in much the same way as they always have
Shan Plateau | The Shan Plateau near Kalaw, Myanmar (Burma),… | Flickr
Tea is also an important cash crop for the shan.
The chinese shan states were petty states or small territories of shan people ruled by local monarchs under the suzerainty of china
They were also known as koshanpye or nine shan states. Liu shan, second emperor of shu han during the three kingdoms period. Shan is the native language of the shan people and is mostly spoken in shan state, myanmar It is also spoken in pockets in other parts of myanmar, in northern thailand, in yunnan, in laos, in cambodia, in vietnam and decreasingly in assam and meghalaya.
