Manchu Life in Brief

Author: Di Shuren
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book is one of the "Woodfish Stone Book House · Life Snippets" series. The writing focus is on social life, with a total of 32 topics, primarily covering Manchu cuisine, clothing, living spaces, surnames, families, interpersonal relationships, religious beliefs, marriage and funeral customs, opera and dance, etc., reflecting the historical social life of the Manchu people. The Manchu are one of China's 56 ethnic groups, and the vast Eastern homeland of the "White Mountains and Black Waters" is the ancestral home of the Manchu. The Manchu have a long history, traceable back to the Sushen, Yilou, and Wuguo, and were known as the Jurchen during the Jin Dynasty. In the ninth year of the Tiancong reign, Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty abolished the old ethnic name and renamed them the Manchu. As the title implies, "Manchu Life Snippets" primarily focuses on social life, with a total of 32 topics, mainly covering Manchu cuisine, clothing, living spaces, surnames, families, interpersonal relationships, religious beliefs, marriage and funeral customs, opera and dance, etc., reflecting the historical social life of the Manchu people.