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Baguailing Manchu Ethnic Township →

Baguailing Manchu Ethnic Township is a contemporary township-level administrative unit in Xinglong County, Chengde, Hebei Province. A statement of administrative division

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Beijing →

Beijing, a city that has long served as the political and cultural center of China, was the capital of both the Ming and Qing dynasties. After the Qing army entered the C

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Daqing Fort in the Ming Liaodong Defense System →

Daqing Fort (Daqing bao) was a defensive place-name in Ming-period Liaodong, recorded by Gu Yanwu in the Tianxia junguo libing shu, a compilation concerned with regional

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Forbidden City →

In the context of Chinese history and culture, the Forbidden City generally refers to the Ming and Qing dynasty palace complex within the Forbidden City in Beijing, now m

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Heilongjiang →

Heilongjiang is both the name of an important river in Northeast China and the name of the northernmost province in modern Northeast China. When discussing the Manchu peo

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Imperial Seals of the Qing Dynasty →

Imperial seals of the Qing Dynasty are historical relics related to the emperor's identity, state documents, etiquette, and the management of collections, as well as the

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Inner Asia →

Inner Asia is a commonly used analytical concept in modern historical and regional studies, generally referring to the steppe, desert, oasis, and plateau societies within

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Inner Mongolia →

Inner Mongolia is the name of an autonomous region in northern China today, and a crucial modern geographical gateway for studying Mongolian history, Qing Dynasty leagues

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Manchu epitaph →

Manchu epitaphs are burial texts written in Manchu to record the deceased's identity, life, family background, and funeral information. They may appear alongside those in

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Manchu Inscriptions on Signboards →

Manchu plaques are plaques or signs inscribed with Manchu characters, found in Qing Dynasty palaces, government offices, temples, and other architectural spaces. Some pla

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Manchu script on cultural relics →

Manchu script on cultural relics refers to the Manchu characters preserved on plaques, inscriptions, seals, porcelain, utensils, books, and architectural components. Thes

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Manchu Signboards of the Forbidden City →

The Manchu inscriptions on plaques in the Forbidden City are Manchu titles preserved or displayed inside and outside the buildings of the Forbidden City in Beijing. They

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Manchu Stone Inscriptions →

Manchu inscriptions are historical materials preserved in Manchu script on stone carvings and other media. They may include various types such as imperial edicts, temple

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Manchu Stone Inscriptions in Beijing →

Manchu inscriptions in Beijing are extant or historically documented stone carvings in the Beijing area inscribed with Manchu script. These include temple commemorative t

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Manchu-Han bilingual plaque →

Manchu-Han bilingual plaques are physical objects that simultaneously use both Manchu and Chinese characters in the inscriptions of a single building or a group of buildi

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Manchuria and the Historical Meaning of Manzhou →

The term "Manchuria" has multiple meanings across different eras and contexts: it can refer to the Manchu people and their historical identity, to the region of Northeast

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Manchu–Chinese Bilingual Qing Stelae →

Qing Dynasty bilingual (Manchu and Chinese) stone inscriptions are historical relics that contain both Manchu and Chinese texts on the same stone or in a group of related

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Northeast China →

Northeast China today generally refers to the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, a region closely associated with the history of the Manchu, Jurchen, X

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Northeastern China →

The Northeast region is a geographical area in northeastern China, generally referring to the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang in modern times. It is

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Qidaohe Manchu Ethnic Township →

Qidaohe Manchu Ethnic Township was a historical ethnic-township unit in the northern mountains of former Huairou County, now Huairou District of Beijing, in the Tang Rive

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Qidingshan Manchu Ethnic Township →

Qidingshan Manchu Ethnic Township was a former administrative designation in the Jinzhou area of Dalian, Liaoning Province, on the southern Liaodong Peninsula near Jinzho

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Qing Dynasty Palace Plaques →

Qing Dynasty palace plaques are calligraphic works of art and architectural components installed inside and outside Qing Dynasty palace buildings to identify building nam

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Shengjing →

Shengjing was an important historical name for present-day Shenyang, Liaoning Province, during the Qing Dynasty. The Later Jin and early Qing regimes used it as their pol

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Shenyang Imperial Palace →

Shenyang Imperial Palace, located in present-day Shenyang, Liaoning Province, is an important palace complex built before the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains. Its

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The Buhutu River Guard of the Ming Dynasty →

The Buhutu River Guard (Buhutuhe wei) was one of the guard designations established by the Ming court among Jurchen communities of northeastern Asia during the Yongle rei

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The Manchu Garrison Quarter of Guangzhou →

The expression “Manchu City” (Mancheng) in Guangzhou designates the area of the Qing-period city in which Eight Banners garrison personnel and their families were concent

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The Octagonal Hall at the Shenyang Imperial Palace →

The Octagonal Hall is a popular name for the Dazheng Hall within the Shenyang Imperial Palace, a major political building of the Later Jin court. It was neither a separat

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Trilingual Manchu–Mongolian–Chinese Stone Inscriptions →

Manchu-Mongolian-Chinese trilingual inscriptions refer to historical materials recorded in Manchu, Mongolian, and Chinese simultaneously on a single stele or a group of r

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Xinjiang →

Xinjiang, located in Northwest China, is an important region for the study of Inner Asia governance and multilingual administration during the Qing Dynasty. Today's "Xinj