When.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Banner (administrative division) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner_(administrative...

   The Eight Banners are former administrative divisions of China into which all Manchu households were placed, primarily for military purposes. [1]Banner (Qosighun or khoshun) as former division of all Mongols under Qing rule (includes Inner/Outer Mongolia) grouped in aimag (league), sometimes transcribed by hoshuns or khoshuns, were the battalion level of administrative/military subdivision in ...

3. Eight Banners - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Banners

   The Qing had the support of the majority of Han soldiers and Han elite against the Three Feudatories, since they refused to join Wu Sangui in the revolt, while the Eight Banners and Manchu officers fared poorly against Wu Sangui, so the Qing responded with using a massive army of more than 900,000 Han (non-Banner) instead of the Eight Banners ...

4. Identity in the Eight Banners - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_in_the_Eight_Banners

   China consisted of multiple ethnic groups, of which the Han, Mongols and Manchus participated in the banner system. [ citation needed ] Identity, however, was defined much more by culture, language and participation in the military (the Eight Banners) until the Qianlong Emperor resurrected the ethnic classifications.

5. Bordered Yellow Banner - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordered_Yellow_Banner

   The Bordered Yellow Banner (Chinese: 鑲黃旗) was one of the Eight Banners of Manchu military and society during the Later Jin and Qing dynasty of China. The Bordered Yellow Banner was one of three "upper" banner armies under the direct command of the emperor himself, and one of the four "left wing" banners. [1]

6. Order of the Cloud and Banner - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Cloud_and_Banner

   Order of the Cloud and Banner; Awarded for: Contributions to national security or quelling internal unrest: Country Republic of China: Presented by: President of the Republic of China : Status: Currently awarded: Established: 15 June 1935: Precedence; Next (higher) Order of the Sacred Tripod: Next (lower) Order of Loyalty and Valour

7. National symbols of China - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_symbols_of_China

   This is the current list of the national symbols of China. The People's Republic of China (PRC) controls all of mainland China, while the Republic of China (ROC) controls Taiwan and nearby islands. See National symbols of Taiwan. Both countries used to claim to be the legitimate government of all of China, with Taiwan informally dropping ...