Kucong June 5 Location: The Kucong the Lahu to flee into the Religion: The Kucong are •Lincang people of southwest China mountains; from that point primarily Theravada YUNNAN •Mojiang have had various figures on they fragmented as a Buddhists, in comparison to reported for their people. The Black Lahu the majority of Lahu who are •Lancang • Pu’er VIET- population, including claim to be pure Lahu and either animists or Menghai NAM 1 2 • •Jinghong “5,000,” “about 20,000,” express contempt for the Christians. In the past, MYANMAR LAOS and “less than 30,000.”3 Kucong for having Christianity was not able to Scale Mengla 0KM80 The 1988 Yunnan Nanjian surrendered to the Qing spread from the Lahu to the Population in China: lists a population of 30,000 army in the combat of the Kucong because of the 4 10 30,000 (1988) Kucong. In addition, last century. Since that many prejudices between 40,400 (2000) 10,000 are located in time the Kucong have been the two groups. 52,150 (2010) Location: Yunnan northern Myanmar, 6,300 in hated and oppressed by all Religion: Buddhism Laos, a few in Thailand, and other Lahu. “Many of the Christianity: Although there Christians: 500 about 600 refugees in Kucong died, not just from are fewer believers among Visalia, California, USA.5 In starvation, but attacked the Kucong than among the Overview of the China the Kucong live in also by wild animals and Lahu, H. A. Baker — the Kucong Mojiang, Xinping, and disease. Between 1947 and great Pentecostal 6 Countries: China, Myanmar, Laos, Mengla counties. 1949 alone, a third of the missionary — left a spiritual Thailand, USA, possibly Vietnam village population legacy at a Kucong village 11 Pronunciation: “Koo-tsung” Identity: The Kucong are succumbed.” called Stony Stockade in an Other Names: Kutsung, Kui, also known as the Yellow untraversed mountain ridge Shi, Yellow Lahu, Kwi, Lahu Shi, Lahu, or Lahu Shi and have Customs: The autumn in Mojiang County. “The Lahu Xi been officially included as harvest provides Kucong whole village of 29 Population Source: 30,000 (1988 Yunnan Nanjian); part of the Lahu in China families with a small households were converted 9,500 in Myanmar since 1987. Before that amount of grain for the year. after hearing Baker’s fiery (1992 B. Grimes – 1983 figure); time they were included in a Their meals are preaching, and they have Out of a total Lahu population of 411,476 (1990 census); list of Undetermined supplemented by wild earnestly adhered to the 6,268 in Laos (1995 census); Minorities. The Kucong have berries and herbs and with faith until this day. Right up 600 in USA; Also in Thailand; lived in dire poverty for any birds or animals that to the present, the old Possibly in Vietnam generations. “Their lives can be caught. All Kucong inhabitants still enjoy very Location: SW Yunnan: Mojiang, were primitive, like wild women have their heads much recounting to visitors, Xinping, and Mengla counties animals, until they were shaven. “When they go into vividly and nostalgically, Status: Officially included under discovered in the virgin town they wear hats, anecdotes of ‘Ben Mooshi’ Lahu since 1987 jungles by their civilized embarrassed the people of (Pastor Baker).”13 Language: Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Burmese-Lolo, compatriots about twenty other minorities will mock 12 Lolo, Southern Lolo, Akha, Lahu years ago, when they were them for their baldness.” 7 Dialects: 0 on the verge of extinction.” Religion: Theravada Buddhism, Animism, Christianity Language: Kucong is very Christians: 500 different from standard Scripture: None Lahu or Lahu Na.8 The Jesus film: None Kucong language has Gospel Recordings: changed after many Lahu: Yellow #00565 generations of isolation from Christian Broadcasting: None other Lahu. “They had fled ROPAL code: KDS00 from the banks of the Honghe River to escape the Status of Evangelization centuries-long plunder of the 70% ruling classes.”9 History: Between the 28% fourteenth and nineteenth 2% centuries the Lahu had strong leadership in their A B C wars of resistance against A = Have never heard the gospel their Han and Tai rulers. Not B = Were evangelized but did not become Christians until an irretrievable defeat C = Are adherents to any form of in 1799 did they begin to Christianity collapse. This defeat caused Dwayne Graybill 258 KUCONG.