Group
Di (Wu Hu)
The Di are an ethnic group in ancient China.
They are one of the Wu Hu (Five Barbarians) that overrun northern China during the Jin Dynasty and the Sixteen Kingdoms period.
The Chinese character for Dǐ is different from that for Dí, which refers to the Northern Di, an unrelated ethnic group living in northern China during the earlier Zhou Dynasty.The Di live in areas of the present-day provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Shaanxi.
During the 4th and early 5th centuries, they establish Former Qin and Later Liang states of this era's Sixteen Kingdoms.
They are traditional horse animal husbandry nomads, semi-nomadic shepherds, and goatherds living on the Tibet/Sichuan frontier.
The Di are eventually assimilated into other populations.
Member Cities
- Anyang Henan (Honan) China Location
- Baoji Shaanxi (Shensi) China Location
- Chang'an > Xi'an Shaanxi (Shensi) China Location
- Handan Hebei (Hopeh) China Location
- Hohhot Nei Mongol Zizhiqu (Inner Mongolia) China Location
- Honan > Luoyang Henan (Honan) China Location
- Lanchow > Lanzhou Gansu (Kansu) China Location
- Lu'an Anhui (Anhwei) China Location
- Lüeyang Shaanxi (Shensi) China Location
- Nanjing (Nanking) Jiangsu (Kiangsu) China Location
- Pingliang Gansu (Kansu) China Location
- Shaoxing Zhejiang (Chekiang) China Location
- Taiyuan Shanxi (Shansi) China Location
- Wuwei (Liangzhou) Gansu (Kansu) China Location
- Xi'an (Sian) Shaanxi (Shensi) China Location
- Xiangyang Hebei (Hopeh) China Location
- Xianyang Shaanxi (Shensi) China Location
- Ye > Yecheng Hebei China Location