Tuntian

Tuntian
Chinese name
Chinese屯田
Literal meaning"garrisoning (on) farms"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyintúntián
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese屯墾
Literal meaning"garrisoning and reclaiming wasteland"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyintúnkěn
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese农墾
Literal meaning"farming and reclaiming wasteland"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinnóngkĕn
Vietnamese name
Vietnameseđồn điền
Korean name
Hangul둔전
Transcriptions
Revised Romanizationdunjeon
McCune–Reischauertunjŏn
Japanese name
Hiraganaとんでん
Transcriptions
Romanizationtonden

Tuntian (屯田) or tunken (屯墾) was a form of frontier "military-agricultural colonies" or settler colony in the history of China. Troops were sent to takeover strategic under- or uncultivated land and convert them into self-sustained, agrarian colony. In other words, the soldiers doubled as farmers. The system was also adopted by other regimes throughout the Chinese cultural sphere.

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