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Hence international trade partially explains why the Shu and the Wu both tried to control Jiaozhi. 120 The prosperity of the Nanhai trade certainly yielded a positive effect on the Yunnan-Annam connection, as exotic goods in Yongchang came not only from the west but also from Jiaozhi. 121

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Merchants and merchandise in Yongchang indeed were not only from southern coastal areas but also from Annam.

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These immigrants brought their Nanjing customs, and in the Qing time Yongchang won the nickname "Little Nanjing" (xiao nanjing) .161 In fact, the Bai people in the Dali area invented a legend that their ancestors were from central provinces, and that most of these were from Nanjing. 162

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Geographically, they consisted of two sections: eastern Yunnan (Kunming and Dali) and western Yunnan (Lin'an and Yongchang).

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Four prefectures (Yunnan, Dali, Lin'an and Yongchang) account for over 78 percent of the total number.

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In the Jinchi Wei (Yongchang), migrant women were found to wear the same clothes as the Bo people. 183 Sometimes even urban Han people followed the indigenous dress to get accustomed to the environment. 184 Angered by this adaptation, Zhou Zan, the prefect of Heqing, issued an announcement requiring that the head cloth and hat be replaced with clothes of the Chinese style. 185

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Yongchang, whose nickname was "Little Nanjing," was the major recipient of Han immigrants.

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When the Ailao people submitted themselves in 69, Han China controlled most of present-day Yunnan, with Yongchang as a frontier station.

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Yue Feng became worried and sent his nephew Yue Heng to Yongchang.

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Since the mid-Ming, Yongchang began to cultivate jinshi.

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