The Manchus, formerly known as the Manchurians and the Banner People, took shape in 1635 when Huang Taiji brought the various ethnic groups living in northeastern China under the Eight Banners, and the Manchus were renamed the Manchus after the 1911 Xinhai Revolution.
The Manchus are a long history of fishing and hunting, and the history of the Manchus can be traced back 7,000 years to the period of the Sushin and Chahachong cultures, with the Sushin, Yilou, Beiji, Mohe, Bohai, and Jurchen being the ancestors of the modern Manchus.
The Manchu culture is rich and colorful, and in the historical process of its formation and development, open-minded, eclectic.
Early civilization: The history of the Manchu people can be traced back as far as 7,000 years ago to the period of the Sushin Xinkailiu culture and the Chaa'ahchong culture.
Sushen, Yilou, Beji, Mohe, Bohai, and Jurchen are presumed by some experts to be the ancestors of the modern Manchus.
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Ethnic Hair Decorations: Since the twentieth century, the Manchu economy and culture have undergone great changes, and many traditional costumes have been very rare. But from the movies, television and museums, we can still often appreciate the flag dress of the past.
Women's head and wide and long, like a fan, like a fan, like a crown, not a crown headdress - Chinese called "flag head", Manchu called "answer to the Lachchi" this headdress for Manchu women all over the world unique, thus becoming a typical national dress characteristics, very This headdress is unique to Manchu women all over the world, making it a typical feature of the national costume, which is very eye-catching.
The traditional hairstyle of Manchu men is to shave the front of the skull, sideburns of all the hair, only the back of the skull to leave the hair, braided into a long braid down, Wanli 23 years (1595), the North Korean envoy Shen Zhong all the way to Hetu Ala, in the book "Jianzhou Jijun Tu Ji" book in detail: "the female genitals are customary shaved hair, only a little behind the head, the top and bottom of the two braided to hang.
In addition to the upper lip of the beard only left around more than ten roots, the rest are tweezers to go" early Qing Dynasty hairstyle generally for the money rat-tailed, after the Qing Dynasty, there is a trend to stay more and more hair, but still far less than the end of the Qing Dynasty and Qing Dynasty dramas to stay half of the head of the hairstyle.
In the past, Manchu women at an early age with the same boys to learn to ride, hair and boys are similar to shave the top of the head around the hair, leaving only part of the hair braided into two yatou braids, hanging on the temples, until the adult 16-year-old can be stored hair.
After marriage, they began to ?ò big basin head, rack head, two head and other types of hair buns, which is more typical of the two head. Two head is the hair bundled at the top of the head, divided into two locks, each ò into a bun, and then the back of the remaining hair ò into a "swallow tail" long flat bun. Normally, the bun horizontal insertion of 20 to 30 centimeters long, two to three centimeters wide, known as the "big flat square" headpin, festive occasions or reception of guests will be wearing the answer to Lachchi.
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