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  2. Liangbatou - Wikipedia

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    Liangbatou was made famous by Empress Dowager Cixi and her Manchu court ladies, becoming popular and evolving starting from the Qing dynasty through the Republican Period (1910–1940s). It was known nationally and internationally for its towering shape and ornamentation, and was influenced by the theatrical representations of non- Chinese ...

  3. Qizhuang - Wikipedia

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    [1] [3] However, they borrowed some elements from each other in the Qing dynasty, for example, wide robe sleeves which are typical features in the Han Chinese women's clothing was adopted in the informal daily outfits of the Manchu women. [6] Manchu women's clothing was therefore influenced by the Han Chinese clothing culture. [4] Manchu women ...

  4. Identity in the Eight Banners - Wikipedia

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    In Xi'an during the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, impoverished Han soldiers took young Manchu women as wives after seizing the banner garrison. [60] During the Republican era, intermarriage began to occur between Han civilians and Manchus, mostly involving Han men marrying Manchu women, since poverty diminished the marital prospects of Manchu men. [61]

  5. Manchu people - Wikipedia

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    Today, in an effort to save Manchu culture from extinction, the older generation of Manchus are spending their time to teach young people; as an effort to encourage learners, these classes are often free. They teach through the Internet and even mail Manchu textbooks for free, all for the purpose of protecting the national cultural traditions ...

  6. Jurchen people - Wikipedia

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    Jurchen (Manchu: ᠵᡠᡧᡝᠨ, romanized: Jušen, ; Chinese: 女真, romanized: Nǚzhēn, [nỳ.ʈʂə́n]) is a term used to collectively describe a number of East Asian Tungusic-speaking people. [ a ] They lived in northeastern China, also known as Manchuria , before the 18th century.

  7. Manchu platform shoes - Wikipedia

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    Chinese Manchu platform shoes refers to the traditional high platform shoes worn by Manchu women which appeared in the early Qing dynasty and continued to be worn even in the late Qing dynasty. [1] [2] It is a type of Qixie (Chinese: 旗鞋; lit. 'Manchu shoes'), Manchu shoes, [1] which forms part of the Qizhuang, the traditional attire of the ...

  8. Qing dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Qing dynasty (/ tʃ ɪ ŋ / CHING), officially the Great Qing, [b] was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history , the Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China .

  9. Transition from Ming to Qing - Wikipedia

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    Only some wealthy Manchus who were ransomed and Manchu females survived. Wealthy Han Chinese seized Manchu girls to become their slaves [354] and Han Chinese troops seized young Manchu women to be their wives. [355] Young pretty Manchu girls were also seized by Hui Muslims of Xi'an during the massacre and brought up as Muslims. [356]