Manchu people

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Manchu
ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ
Total population
10,682,263
Regions with significant populations
China Mainland China10,410,585 (2010 census)[1]
Taiwan Taiwan12,000 (2004 estimate)[2]
Hong Kong Hong Kong1,000 (1997 estimate)[3]
Languages
Mandarin Chinese
Manchu
Religion
Manchu shamanism, Buddhism, Chinese folk religion, Roman Catholicism and Islam
Related ethnic groups
Han Chinese, other Tungusic peoples
Especially Sibes, Nanais, Ulchi and Jaegaseung
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The Manchus (Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ, Möllendorff: manju; Chinese: 滿族; pinyin: Mǎnzú; Wade–Giles: Man3-tsu2)[a] are a Tungusic East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized ethnic minority in China and the people from whom Manchuria derives its name.[9][10] The Later Jin (1616–1636) and Qing (1636–1912) dynasties of China were established and ruled by the Manchus, who are descended from the Jurchen people who earlier established the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in northern China. Manchus form the largest branch of the Tungusic peoples and are distributed throughout China, forming the fourth largest ethnic group in the country.[1] They are found in 31 Chinese provincial regions. Among them, Liaoning has the largest population and Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia and Beijing have over 100,000 Manchu residents. About half of the population live in Liaoning and one-fifth in Hebei. There are a number of Manchu autonomous counties in China, such as Xinbin, Xiuyan, Qinglong, Fengning, Yitong, Qingyuan, Weichang, Kuancheng, Benxi, Kuandian, Huanren, Fengcheng, Beizhen[b] and over 300 Manchu towns and townships.[11] Manchus are the largest minority group in China without an autonomous region.

  1. ^ a b National Census Bureau of Chinese State Council (2012). 《中国2010年人口普查资料（上中下）》 [The Data of 2010 China Population Census]. China Statistics Press. ISBN 978-7503765070.
  2. ^ 中華民國滿族協會. manchusoc.org. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Research". Ethnicity Research (《民族研究》) (in Simplified Chinese) (1–12): 21. 1997.
  4. ^ "Manchu". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. ^ a b Elliott, Mark C. (2001). The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4684-7.
  6. ^ "qí rén". ZDIC. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  7. ^ Zheng, Tianting (2009). 《郑天挺元史讲义》 [Zheng Tianting's Lecture Note of Yuan Dynasty History]. 郑天挺历史讲义系列. Zhonghua Book Compary. ISBN 9787101070132.
  8. ^ Vollmer, John E. (2002). Ruling from the Dragon Throne: Costume of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), Asian Art Series. Ten Speed Press. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-58008-307-2.
  9. ^ "Ethnic Groups in China". The State Council of the People's Republic of China. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  10. ^ Merriam-Webster, Inc (2003). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. p. 754. ISBN 978-0-87779-807-1.
  11. ^ a b Writing Group of Manchu Brief History (2009). 《满族简史》 [Brief History of Manchus]. 中国少数民族简史丛书（修订本）. National Publishing House. ISBN 9787105087259.


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