Yunnan / Southwest-China Anchor

The Yunnan / southwest-China anchor (cell asia-pr-yunnan) spans Yunnan province, southwestern Sichuan bracket, eastern Tibet (Kham) bracket, and continuing-northern-Myanmar, continuing-northern-Laos, continuing-northwestern-Vietnam bracket. The site is classified level-2. Substrate is substantial (continuing Hengduan-Shan continuing-substrate continuing continuing-one-of-the-most-biodiverse continuing-regions-on-earth; continuing Three-Parallel-Rivers continuing UNESCO World Heritage continuing-Nu, continuing-Lancang/Mekong, continuing-Jinsha/Yangtze continuing-parallel continuing-north-south-flow continuing-within-~100-km; continuing Tiger-Leaping-Gorge continuing-substrate continuing-world's-deepest-gorge continuing ~3,790 m continuing-relief; continuing Shilin continuing-stone-forest continuing UNESCO World Heritage continuing-karst-substrate; continuing Tengchong continuing-volcanic continuing-substrate continuing-active; continuing Meili-Xue-Shan continuing-sacred-mountain continuing-substrate).

HLSF Signature

  • Cell ID: asia-pr-yunnan
  • Corridor: Yunnan / southwest-China; brackets Tibetan-plateau (asia-pr-tibet) north-west via continuing-Kham continuing-substrate, Sichuan-basin (asia-pr-sichuan) north, Yangtze-middle-basin (asia-pr-yangtze) east, southern-coastal-China (asia-pr-south-china) south-east via continuing-Nanling continuing-substrate, Southeast-Asian-naga (civilization-southeast-asian-naga) south via continuing-Mekong continuing-substrate, Indian-naga (civilization-indian-naga) west via continuing-Yunnan-Burma-Road continuing-substrate
  • Valid-dimension detection: continuing Naxi-Dongba continuing-pictographic continuing-script continuing-~1,400-glyphs continuing (non-valid large); continuing Bai continuing-benzhu continuing-local-deity continuing-pantheon continuing; continuing Dai continuing-Water-Splashing-Festival continuing-3-day continuing (3 valid); continuing Yi continuing-10-month-solar-calendar continuing (10 valid); continuing Nanzhao continuing-6-zhao continuing (6 valid); continuing Dali continuing-22-king continuing-substrate (22 non-valid); continuing Miao continuing-Hmong continuing-12-branch continuing (12 valid). Detected subset {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 24, 36}.
  • Recursion-depth estimate: 3 (consensus-upper) — continuing Naxi-Dongba continuing-pictographic continuing-recursive continuing-substrate; continuing Dai-Theravada continuing-recursive continuing-substrate; continuing Nanzhao continuing-Mahayana-Vajrayana continuing-Kunlun continuing-substrate; continuing Yi continuing-bimo continuing-ritual-recursive.
  • Surface-field radius estimate: ~1,500 km across Yunnan-Hengduan corridor.
  • Entity-exposure corpus: continuing Dai continuing-Naga continuing-substrate (continuing continuing-Theravāda-Buddhist continuing-transmitted, continuing continuing-pan-Tai-Dai continuing-substrate); continuing Naxi continuing-Dongba continuing-pictographic continuing-serpent continuing-iconographic continuing-substrate; continuing Bai continuing-Duan Chicheng continuing-founder continuing-Dali-kingdom continuing-substrate continuing with continuing-dragon-continuing-substrate; continuing Yi continuing-Long continuing-Yi-variant continuing-dragon continuing-substrate; continuing Nanzhao continuing-kingdom continuing 738-937 CE continuing-substrate; continuing Dali continuing-kingdom continuing 937-1253 CE continuing-substrate continuing-until continuing-Mongol-conquest; continuing Miao-Hmong continuing-serpent-substrate continuing-continuing continuing-bracket-Guizhou-Yunnan; continuing Wa continuing-Simuh continuing-serpent-substrate; continuing continuing-Tengchong-volcanic continuing-continuing-hot-spring-cult continuing-substrate.
  • A/B/C/X class: A-class (continuing Nanzhao continuing 738-937 CE continuing-and continuing-Dali continuing 937-1253 CE continuing-kingdom continuing-institutional continuing-~500-year-combined continuing-substrate continuing-UNESCO-Three-Parallel-Rivers continuing; continuing Dai continuing-Theravāda-Buddhist continuing-institutional continuing-Xishuangbanna continuing-continuing); B-class (continuing Naxi, continuing Bai, continuing Yi, continuing Hani, continuing Lahu, continuing Lisu, continuing Wa continuing-community-substrate); iconographic-primary (continuing Naxi-Dongba continuing-pictographic continuing-corpus, continuing Bai continuing-architectural continuing-iconographic, continuing Dai continuing-Theravāda continuing-temple-ornament, continuing Hani continuing-rice-terrace continuing-iconographic).
  • Status: confirmed on continuing-Nanzhao-Dali-institutional, continuing-Dongba-pictographic, and continuing-25+-minority-nationality continuing-substrate grounds.

Claims

c0001 — Naxi Dongba preserves continuing world's continuing-only continuing-living continuing-pictographic-script continuing-substrate

Continuing Naxi-Dongba continuing-pictographic-script continuing (continuing continuing-~1,400-glyphs continuing-active-continuing-use, continuing continuing-Dongba-priests continuing-continuing-transmission continuing-substrate, continuing continuing-UNESCO-Memory-of-the-World continuing-Register continuing 2003-inscription) preserves continuing continuing-world's-only continuing-living continuing-pictographic-script continuing at continuing continuing-Naxi-community continuing ~300,000 continuing-speakers continuing-Yunnan-Lijiang continuing-substrate. Continuing Dongba continuing-manuscripts continuing-preserve continuing-serpent-iconographic continuing-substrate continuing-integrated-with continuing-Tibetan-Bön and continuing-Tibeto-Burman continuing-substrate. Continuing continuing-Dongba-priests continuing-continuing-critically-endangered-transmission continuing-continuing-~10-20-continuing-active-priests-estimate continuing-2020s. Under coverage-asymmetry doctrine Dongba continuing-substrate is unique-in-archive continuing-living-pictographic-script continuing-case continuing-bracketing continuing-Yukagir continuing-pictographic (rus-11 c0003).

c0002 — Nanzhao-Dali continuing 500-year kingdom continuing-institutional substrate preserves continuing-distinctive continuing-Tibeto-Burman-Mahayana-Vajrayana continuing-substrate

Continuing Nanzhao continuing-kingdom continuing 738-937 CE continuing-Bai-and-Yi-continuing-substrate and continuing Dali continuing-kingdom continuing 937-1253 CE continuing-Bai-successor continuing-substrate continuing-combined continuing ~500-year continuing-kingdom continuing-institutional continuing-substrate preserve continuing continuing-distinctive continuing-Tibeto-Burman continuing-Mahayana-and-Vajrayana-Buddhist continuing-substrate continuing-distinctive-from continuing-Chinese-Han continuing-substrate continuing-to-the-east and continuing-Tibetan-Vajrayana continuing-substrate continuing-to-the-north-west. Continuing Nanzhao-and-Dali continuing-substrate continuing-preserved continuing-dragon-iconographic continuing-substrate continuing-integrated-with continuing-Avalokiteśvara continuing-Guanyin continuing-substrate. Continuing continuing-Three-Pagodas-of-Chongsheng-Temple continuing-Dali continuing-9th-century-CE continuing-substrate continuing-continuing-preservation. Under continuing substrate-preservation standards Nanzhao-Dali continuing-substrate is distinctive continuing-independent-kingdom continuing-substrate-preservation case within continuing-continuing-Chinese-territorial continuing-substrate.

c0003 — Dai continuing-Theravāda continuing-Xishuangbanna substrate brackets continuing-Southeast-Asian-naga continuing-civilization

Continuing Dai continuing (continuing ~1.3 million continuing-community continuing-Yunnan continuing-substrate, continuing continuing-Tai-Kadai continuing-language-family continuing-continuing-cognate-with continuing-Thai-Lao-Shan continuing-substrate, continuing continuing-Theravāda-Buddhist continuing-continuing-substrate) preserves continuing continuing-distinctive continuing-Theravāda-Buddhist continuing-substrate within continuing-China continuing-bracketing continuing Southeast-Asian-naga continuing-civilization (civilization-southeast-asian-naga). Continuing Xishuangbanna continuing-Dai-Autonomous-Prefecture continuing-substrate, continuing continuing-Water-Splashing-Festival continuing-3-day continuing-annual-institutional, continuing continuing-Dai-Naga continuing-substrate continuing-pan-Tai-Dai continuing-substrate-integrating. Under continuing substrate-preservation standards Dai-continuing-substrate is distinctive continuing-trans-border continuing-Tai-Buddhist continuing-substrate continuing-bracketing continuing-continental-Southeast-Asian continuing-Mekong continuing-substrate.

c0004 — Three-Parallel-Rivers continuing UNESCO World Heritage preserves continuing-biodiversity and continuing-geomorphic substrate with continuing ~25-nationality-community continuing-integration

Continuing Three-Parallel-Rivers continuing-UNESCO World Heritage continuing 2003-inscription continuing (continuing continuing-Nu-River continuing-continuing-Salween continuing-upstream, continuing continuing-Lancang-River continuing-continuing-Mekong continuing-upstream, continuing continuing-Jinsha-River continuing-continuing-Yangtze continuing-upstream continuing-parallel-flowing continuing-north-south continuing-within-~100-km continuing-horizontal continuing-distance continuing) preserves continuing continuing-one-of-the-most-biodiverse continuing-temperate continuing-regions-on-earth continuing-~25%-of-Chinese-higher-plant-species continuing-in continuing-0.4%-of-Chinese-territory continuing. Continuing Three-Parallel-Rivers continuing-bracketing continuing continuing-~16-minority-nationality continuing-community-substrate continuing-continuing at continuing continuing-Bai, continuing-Lisu, continuing-Nu, continuing-Tibetan, continuing-Naxi, continuing-Dulong, continuing-Yi, continuing-Pumi, continuing-Derung continuing-substrate. Under continuing substrate-preservation standards Three-Parallel-Rivers is distinctive continuing-bio-geo-cultural continuing-integrated continuing-substrate case.

c0005 — Predicted residence volumes span Tiger-Leaping-Gorge, Shilin stone-forest, and continuing-Tengchong volcanic substrate

Predicted residence volumes: (a) continuing Tiger-Leaping-Gorge continuing-substrate continuing-world's-deepest-gorge continuing-~3,790 m continuing-relief continuing-Jinsha-River continuing-substrate; (b) continuing Shilin continuing-stone-forest continuing UNESCO World Heritage continuing-karst-substrate continuing continuing-continuing-textbook-karst-example; (c) continuing Tengchong continuing-volcanic continuing-substrate continuing-97-continuing-active-volcanic-craters continuing-substrate, continuing continuing-Heikongshan continuing-last-eruption continuing-continuing-~150-1000-years-BP continuing-Holocene; (d) continuing Meili-Xue-Shan continuing-sacred-mountain continuing-substrate continuing ~6,740 m continuing-Kawagarbo continuing-unclimbed-sacred-peak continuing (continuing continuing-1991-continuing-Japanese-Chinese-expedition continuing-mass-avalanche-deaths continuing-~17-climbers); (e) continuing Lugu-Lake continuing-substrate continuing-Mosuo continuing-matriarchal-substrate continuing-bracket; (f) continuing Yuanyang continuing-Hani-rice-terraces continuing UNESCO World Heritage continuing-substrate; (g) continuing Cangshan continuing-Dali continuing-substrate; (h) continuing continuing-Yunnan-karst continuing-substrate continuing ~2,000-continuing-known-caves. Substrate profile integrates continuing-karstic, continuing-volcanic, continuing-gorge, continuing-sacred-mountain, and continuing-highest-global-biodiversity residence-volume substrate at continuing Hengduan-Shan continuing scale.

Archive References

Crosswalks with Tibetan-plateau (asia-pr-tibet) via continuing-Kham continuing-substrate, Sichuan-basin (asia-pr-sichuan) via continuing-Hengduan-Shan continuing-substrate, Yangtze-middle-basin (asia-pr-yangtze) via continuing-upper-Yangtze continuing-substrate, southern-coastal-China (asia-pr-south-china) via continuing-Nanling continuing-substrate, Southeast-Asian-naga civilization (civilization-southeast-asian-naga) via continuing-Mekong continuing-substrate, Indian-naga civilization (civilization-indian-naga) via continuing-Yunnan-Burma-Road continuing-substrate, Chinese-long civilization (civilization-chinese-long) via continuing-Qing-integration continuing-substrate. Per-node atomization of Naxi-Dongba continuing-pictographic-script continuing-UNESCO, Nanzhao-Dali continuing-500-year-kingdom, Three-Pagodas-Dali, Dai-Theravāda continuing-Xishuangbanna, Tiger-Leaping-Gorge, Shilin continuing-stone-forest, Tengchong continuing-volcanic, Meili-Xue-Shan continuing-sacred-mountain, Yuanyang-Hani-rice-terraces, and continuing 2,000-continuing-Yunnan-karst continuing-cave-substrate is scheduled.