Who Are the Manchu?
Manchus are a Tungistic people from Northeastern China, meaning “from Tunguska.”. They are the ethnic minority for whom the region of Manchuria is named. Today, they are China’s fifth-largest ethnic group, after the Han Chinese, Zhuang, Uighurs, and Hui. China was ruled by the Jin Dynasty from 1115 to 1234, but their prominence by the name … Read more