Chin Miphun Chung ah Peng le Tlang Min
By F. Lai Len
Biahmaithi
Hlanlio Mirang uk chan ah Mirang hna nih The Chin Hills asiloah The Chin Hills District tiah an rak timi kha Laimi tampi (a bik in culio Falam peng, Halkha peng, Matupi peng le Thantlang peng) nih Laitlang tiah rak kawh-auh a si i, mah cucu atu Chin State a si tiang zong ah cu hna peng chung minung vialte nih Laitlang tiah kawh-auh thiamthiam a si. 1890 kum ah Mirang nih cu The Chin Hills cu a rak tuk i, 1892 hrawng ah a kuttang ah a rak chiah, Laimi pawl nih ralfir in an rak doh lengmang caah a rak dai kho lo nain, 1896 January ni 1 thawk in The Chin Hills cu Mirang England Siangpahrang a uknak kuttang ah kan chiah cang tiah, vawleicung theih in thawng an rak thanh. Cule cangka The Chin Hills Regulations Act upadi in The Chin Hills cu District pakhat ah chiah, Falam khua kha HQRS ser in rak uk a si. Falam khua ah Mirang zipengpi Deputy Commission (DC) a rak thu i, a kuttang ah vuanthokpi Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) minung 3 a rak chiah hna. Falam peng ah SDO pakhat, Teddim peng (a tulio Teddim peng le Tonzang peng) ah SDO pakhat, Halkha peng (a tulio Halkha peng, Matupi peng le Thantlang peng) ah SDO pakhat, an zate SDO 3 hna nih DC pa cu a rian an rak bawmh. Cu The Chin Hills District cu Magway Division chungah a rak um.
Pakokku Hills Tract ah a rak um mi Mindat peng le Kanpelet peng hna cu Chin miphun an si vemi kha Mirang nih an rak theih caah, 1928 kum ah cu peng 2 cu The Chin Hills District chungah an rak khumh hna. Cu ve bantuk in Arakan Hills Tract ah a rak um mi Paletwa peng zong kha Mirang hna nih an dothlat ve tik hna ah Chin miphun an si kha an theih ve caah, 1948 kum Kawlram Luatnak a rak hmuh ah khan The Chin Hills ahcun an rak khumh ve thiam hna. Mah Luatnak kan hmuh le cangka, Laitlang kan ti lengmang mi cu Chin Special Division tiah kawh le auh a hung si cang. 1974 kum ceu ah Laitlang cu uktu Kawl acozah nih tikuluk State pek a rak si i, atu tiang Chin State tiah auh a si cang.
Atu hi cathluan nih aa tinh mi cu: Chin State chung i a um mi hna a bik in Matupi peng, Thantlang peng, Halkha peng ahhin hrinphun in asiloah umnak ram (area or region) in min tete ngeih a si tik ah, cu umnak peng le tlang kan ti lengmang mi hna hi hrinphun (clan/family) timi nih a huap dih kho maw, a huap dih khawh lo ahcun aho nih dah mah min tete hi a rak sak, zei ruang ah dah an rak sak, an rak pek, timi kher-hlai ding hi a si. “Peng/tlang” kan ti lengmang mi zong nih hin tah, kan lungput le kan khuaruahnak hna a thencheu in a kan hlatter sual maw, timi pawl kan dot-hlat tuah lai.
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Miphun/Hrinphun maw, Ram/Peng dah?
Chin in Zo le Lai
Chinlung tlang i an rak um lio hrimhrim in “Chin” asiloah “Chiang” tiah an rak ti cang hna. An miphun min “Chin” a si caah Tuluk ram i uknak an rak ser lio zongah “Chin Dynasty” (Chin Pennak) an rak ti hna nak hi a si. Kawlram an hong luh tik zongah hin Chin Miphun an si caah an tohmi tiva hmanh cu “Chindwin” an ti – Chin tikhur tinak a si. (Pu Chawn Kio, Lai Miphun Thawhkehnak Tuanbia, January 2014, cahmai 20 – 21)
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Micheu nih Chin ti cu, atu Chin ram an hong phak hnu lawngah Mirang nih an sakchommi a si, an ti. Hi zong hi a si lo, a hramthawk in Chin an si ko. Mirang nih Chin an simi kha an hngalhpiak hna tu a si deuh. Chin miphun chung tu ahhin Lai, Zo, Lusei, Naga…tiah an i then. (Pu Chawn Kio, cahmai 21).
Cu Chin miphun hna cu, Tuluk ram ahhin BC 220 in AD 24 kum tiang kum 244 chung Chin Dynasty (Chin Pennnak) cu an rak ser. A hnubik an siangpahrang Shi Huangti chan ahhin Han miphun nih an rak tei hna caah an zaam i Tibet ram ah an phan. Tibet ram i an umnak ram cu Zotlang ti a si.
Laimi Phun Thawhkehnak le Khuatlaknak by the late Wunna Kyaw Htin Pu Ngun To (Retd DC), September 2007
Zo Phun kan si tinak kong
cahmai 23
Tiddim le Tunzang peng chung i a ummi nih, an phunpi min (Racial Name) cu Zo a si an ti. An phuntenau min (Clan Name) ah Sihzang, Kamhau, Sukte, Thado, Zo, Guite, Khuangsai a um. Asinain, Zo phun an sinak a hramthawk an hngal ve lo. Hlan lio minung cu catial an rak ngeih lo caah, Lai phun zong siseh, kan thawhkehnak min sak cu kan pipu chan in a tlau i, atu chan minung nih fiang tein kan hngal kho ti lo. Kan phunpi min Lai a sinak le Zo a sinak Written Record a um lo. Kan Lai tuanbia zongah, kan phunpi min Lai a sinak le Zo a sinak cinkenmi a um lo.
Halkha le Thantlang peng chung i a ummi, Lautu, Miram, Lai, Zophei, Senthang le Matu peng chung i a ummi Zotung phun hna cu, Hakha le Thantlang nih, Zo an ti hna. An phunpi min cu Lai a si ko nain an umnak khuaram zoh in, Zo an ti hna. Kan Laiholh ah, “Chim” le “Zo” a um. Chim a sullam cu, khualumnak ti a si. Zo a sullam cu khuasik ti a si. Khuasihnak ram an thlawh tik ah, an lo cu zolo an ti. Chimram an thlawh tik ah chimlo asiloah lailo an ti. Cucaah cun khuasihnak ram i an rak um caah, Hakha le Thantlang nih, “Zo” an rak ti hna. Asinain “Zo” cu phunpi min (Racial Name) a si lo, hrin min (Clan Name) zong a si lo, an umnak ram min (Tribal name) a si. (Catialtu biakarlak tenh: Halkha khua le Thantlang khua hna khi a lumnak hmun Chim ah an um lo, a kihnak hmun “Zo” ah a um mi an si. An umnak le an khuasaknak “Zo” ram i an um kha an philh asiloah an i philhter i, midang tu kha “Zo” tiah nautat phun in an rak ti hna dawh a si. Hi ruang ah a si theu lai, a luancia mi kan hnulei chan 7 lio hrawng (Anthropoligist pawl nih minung chan, chan khat cu kum 30 ah an chiah caah, 30 x 7 = kum 210 hrawnghrang) ah khan, Senthang ram i a um mi Thianthlun bawi pakhat nih Halkha khuami Cinzah bawi fanu a rak thit lio ah, Halkha pawl nih nupi thitupa kha, “Zo” na si, an rak ti. Cupa nih “Zo” a si lo zia le, Lai a si zia kha hitihin hla in a hei leh hna. “Zopa ka ti hlah u kan chak Halkha zong nih, keimah dahngai nikung tlai mang Thianhlun, ka Lai ngeihcia chiahbung kholh in, ka duh kautial zuhrim ding,” tiah a rak ti. Lai a si caah, ka Lai ngeihcia a rak ti, Zo sisehlaw ka Zo ngeihcia a rak ti hnga).
Laica Cawnnak Ukpi, Kumkuanak Cawnnak, Chin Khrihfa Tuanbia, Chin Association for Christian Communication, Hakha, Chin State, Myanmar, 2009, chungin:
