CHN 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Qianlong Emperor, The Opium War (Film), Siku Quanshu
11 Jan 2016
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They also domesticated falcons and also trained they to catch swans, they wanted to do this because it was said that there were pearls in their stomach. Manchus and jurchens belong to the same ethnicity but have different tribes, manchus consider themselves as descendants of the jurchens. Nurhachi- regarded as the founder of the dynasty. Originally divided into 4 organizations the plain banners are superior to the boarded banners. Yellow is considered as the reserved colour for the royal house and also a dragon. Map of qing: even larger than the present day china, qing was the largest in terms of area. It was during his reign he consolidated the qing empire (there was rebellions in the south and remnants of the ming) Dressed in manchu robes but read chinese books. Western painting techniques in his painting and he is also intrigued by.
