IT'S a good time to be a Manchu on television. Costume dramas such as “Palace” and “Bu Bu Jing Xin”, which feature modern-day protagonists flung back in time to the days of the Qing ...

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.

Now, though, Manchu culture is undergoing a fragile rebirth. For them, along with dozens of other ethnic minorities in China, having a different history and culture is a source of pride instead of ...

Emperors of the Qing never identified themselves as rulers of a Manchu empire. Secondly, the argument ignores the historical fact that the Chinese nation continued to form and develop as a ...

Find out about the Qing dynasty and how it expanded over the years with BBC Bitesize History. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

The Manchus made their contributions in defending China's frontiers from foreign aggression. As early as the mid-17th century, Russia made repeated incursions into areas along the Heilong River. In ...

It all starts, Zhao tells CNN, with Kangxi, an emperor of the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty that seized full control of China after 1644 when the Ming imperial family, aligned with China’s majority ...

The Qing dynasty, the last imperial dynasty of China, was ruled by the Manchu. During the Qing era, the Han were subjected to brutal persecution, including the elimination of Han traditions, the ...

On February 12, 1912 China’s boy emperor, Hsuan T’ung, was forced to abdicate, ending the Manchu Ch’ing dynasty. The last dynasty of China — Qing dynasty or Manchu dynasty, ruled the ...

The Manchu and Han banquet became very popular during Xianfeng s reign. After Emperor Xianfeng died, Empress Dowager Cixi ordered that the name, Manchu and Han banquet, not be used outside the palace.