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=== Pangasinan ===
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Places in Pangasinan like [[Lingayen Gulf]] were mentioned as early as 1225, when Lingayen as known was Li-ying-tung had been listed in Chao Ju-kua's ''Chu Fan Chih'' (An account of the various barbarians) as one of the trading places along with Mai (Mindoro or Manila).<ref>Towards an Early History of Pangasinan: Preliminary Notes and Observations By: Erwin S. Fernandez. Page 181</ref> In northern Luzon, Pangasinan) ({{circa|1406–1576}}) sent emissaries to China in 1406–1411 as a tributary-state,<ref name="autogenerated8">{{cite web|url=http://www.asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archive/ASJ-21-1983/scott.pdf|title=Filipinos in China in 1500|last1=Scott|first1=William Henry|website=China Studies Program|page=8|publisher=De la Salle University|year=1989
|access-date=April 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724123829/http://www.asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archive/ASJ-21-1983/scott.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and it also traded with Japan.<ref name="scott1989bp8">{{cite web|url=http://www.asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archive/ASJ-21-1983/scott.pdf|title=Filipinos in China in 1500|last=Scott|first=William Henry|work=China Studies Program|page=8|publisher=De la Salle University|year=1989|ref={{harvid|Scott|1989b|p=8}}|access-date=September 25, 2015|archive-date=July 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724123829/http://www.asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archive/ASJ-21-1983/scott.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Chinese records of this kingdom, named Feng-chia-hsi-lan (Pangasinan), began when the first tributary King (Wang in Chinese), Kamayin, sent an envoy offering gifts to the Chinese Emperor.<ref name="scott1989bp8" /> The state occupies the current province of [[Pangasinan]]. It flourished around the same period, the [[Srivijaya]] and [[Majapahit]] empires arose in Indonesia which had extended their influence to much of the [[Malay Archipelago]]. Pangasinan enjoyed full independence until the Spanish conquest.

In the sixteenth century Pangasinan was called the "Port of Japan" by the Spanish. The locals wore native apparel typical of other maritime Southeast Asian ethnic groups in addition to Japanese and Chinese silks. Even common people were clad in Chinese and Japanese cotton garments. They also blackened their teeth and were disgusted by the white teeth of foreigners, which were likened to that of animals. Also, used porcelain jars typical of Japanese and Chinese households. Japanese-style gunpowder weapons were also encountered in naval battles in the area.<ref name="Scott1994">{{Cite book|last=Scott|first=William Henry|title=Barangay: Sixteenth Century Philippine Culture and Society|publisher=Ateneo de Manila University Press|year=1994|isbn=978-971-550-135-4|location=Quezon City|author-link=William Henry Scott (historian)}}</ref> In exchange for these goods, traders from all over Asia would come to trade primarily for gold and slaves, but also for deerskins, civet and other local products. Other than a notably more extensive trade network with Japan and China, they were culturally similar to other Luzon groups to the south.