Kachin Jingpo in China


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Largest Religion
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Introduction / History

The official Chinese classification includes members of the Zaiwa, Maru, Lashi, and Bela people groups, in addition to Jingpo proper. In China the Jingpo are known locally as the Dashan (Big Mountain) people.
The Jingpo claim to have originated on the Tibetan Plateau. The fact that some scholars believe the present-day Deng language in southeast Tibet is related to Jingpo, adds credence to their claims. During the Yuan and Ming dynasties (1271-1644) the Jingpo were known as the Yeren. They had probably arrived at their present location in western Yunnan by the start of the sixteenth century. From there they migrated south into northern Myanmar, where today they are the largest group in Kachin State.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Jingpo and Zaiwa are almost identical in every aspect of their historical and socioeconomic backgrounds, except for their political organization. The highest leader in Jingpo society is called Pumtu in Jingpo and Pumtsau in Zaiwa, meaning "master of the mountains." For centuries the Jingpo have practiced lashi or naji, meaning "snatching cows by military operation." This leads to on-going conflict with other nationalities.


What Are Their Beliefs?

Many Kachin Jingpo today are Christians, having been converted through the ceaseless efforts of missionaries starting in the 1870s. Jingpo legends "tell a story of the passage over a bridge, to the afterlife... these folk-myths came down from a long-gone past, like the far-carried boulders of the glacial ages."
The first missionary working among the Jingpo in Myanmar (formerly Burma) was Josiah N. Cushing in 1876. By 1941, the baptized Jinpo in Burma numbered 47,526. In the same year the Jingpo in China numbered 415 converts. There are probably thousands of Jingpo Christians in China today.


What Are Their Needs?

The Kachin Jingpo need to become Christ’s hands and feet among other groups that are still resistant to the gospel.


Prayer Points

Pray for a powerful move of the Holy Spirit among the Kachin Jingpo people of China.
Pray for them to become Christ’s ambassadors to the peoples around them.


Scripture Prayers for the Kachin Jingpo in China.


References

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The Kachin

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People Name General Kachin
People Name in Country Kachin Jingpo
Pronunciation
Alternate Names Chingpaw; Chingpo; Dashan; Dashanhua; Indian Kachin; Jinghpaw; Jingpaw; Jingpho; Ka Khyen; Keqin; Marip; Nhkum; Singfo; Sing-fo; Singhpo; Singpho; Singpo; कॅचाइन, जिंगफो
Population this Country 35,000
Population all Countries 1,104,000
Total Countries 3
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 5
Unreached No
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 6  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed
People ID 12401
ROP3 Code 104372
ROP25 Code 303454
ROP25 Name Kachin
Country China
Region Asia, Northeast
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 19  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Yunnan province: Baoshan prefecture,Tengchong county; Dehong Dai-Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Longchuan, Ruili, and Yingjiang counties.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country China
Region Asia, Northeast
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 19  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Location in Country Yunnan province: Baoshan prefecture,Tengchong county; Dehong Dai-Jingpo autonomous prefecture, Longchuan, Ruili, and Yingjiang counties..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016

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Primary Religion: Christianity
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
5.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 27.13 %)
54.00 %
Ethnic Religions
40.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
1.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Jingpho
Language Code kac   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Jingpho
Language Code kac   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Jingpho
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