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 ...

The heavily embroidered bridal gua (kua in Cantonese), occasionally seen in Chinese weddings in Hong Kong and elsewhere today, is a modern interpretation of the dress of the Manchu people, the non ...

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 ...