LGD;Lu Chuan;;;;;;;;;;X
LGD_DESC;Lu Chuan is a Siamese kingdom which ruled around present-day northern Burma, Laos and southwestern Yunnan in China, following the fall of Tibetan-Burmese Nan Zhao and Dali kingdoms. China aimed for the region because it was a major transit point of the Southwestern Silk Road in addition to its vast gold and silver mines. After Dali collapsed by the Yuan in 1253, a Siamese kingdom called Meng Mao (Lu Chuan) emerged from their ruin. In 1335, a king called Si Han Fa, the name meant 'the king who caught the white tiger', established his capital around present-day Ruili, Yunnan. He defeated the Yuan's army and conquered neighboring nations. From the middle of the 14th century, the kingdom went into a decline. Eventually the Ming dynasty conquered the kingdom in 1449 to compensate for their loss of the Northern Silk Road for Monglian. However, remnants of the dynasty fled to Meng Yang and continued their fight.;;;;;;;;;;X