After the Republic of China was founded in 1911, the Manchu and Han banquets were stopped because of wars among the warlords and the poverty of the people. The flourishing tourist trade of recent ...

Narrator: The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in China. It began in 1644 when the Manchu people from the North overthrew the ruling Ming dynasty and established their capital in Beijing.

It would have been worn by an important Manchu woman. The Manchu people originally came from a part of North-East China called Manchuria, but they have since migrated throughout China and settled ...

During the Cultural Revolution in China in the late 20th century ethnic Manchu people were persecuted and forced to give up such cultural traditions as the shaman dance tiao tchin meaning ...

Northeastern China is home to the Mongol and Manchu people and thus offers a mix of multiethnic dietary cultures. In this region, the foremost meat is said to be from sheep. “Sheep meat with ...