0.5390/A This is a Manchu head-dress and it is over 60 years old. It would have been worn by an important Manchu woman. The Manchu people originally came from a part of North-East China called ...

There were still some rebellions. They punished their opponents ruthlessly and forced all Chinese men to style their hair in a Manchu fashion, known as queue style, or face execution. The next 150 ...