Many Achang also speak the Tai Lü language, mainly to make commercial transactions with Dai people.

[4] The Achang community became stronger and began to have trade relationships with other kingdoms like Jinchi and Bo.

[3] During Hongwu period, Duanbo from the Han nationality was appointed the governor of Yunlong Region, and from then on the Achang ethnic group was degraded and at the same time they began to move to live in Dehong region in the southwest and as a result lost their home native land.

[3] Today more than 90 percent of the 33,936 Achangs live in Longchuan, Lianghe and Luxi counties in the Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern Yunnan Province.

In Buddhist funerals of the Achang, a long fabric tape of about 20 meters is tied to the coffin.

During the ceremony, the monk in charge of the ritual, walks in front as opposed to holding the tape.