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[[File:Ryukyu-qing-seal.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The royal seal of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] during the Qing Dynasty, showing Chinese (琉球國王之印) in [[seal script]] on the right, and an inscription in the [[Manchu language]] on the left.]]
[[File:Ryukyu-qing-seal.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The royal seal of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] during the Qing Dynasty, showing Chinese (琉球國王之印) in [[seal script]] on the right, and an inscription in the [[Manchu language]] on the left. As reproduced in ''Ryûkyû kokuô sappô no zu'', handscroll, date unknown, University of Hawaii Collection.]]
*''Japanese'': 満州民族 ''(manshuu minzoku)''
*''Japanese'': 満州民族 ''(manshuu minzoku)''
*''Chinese'': 滿族 ''(Mǎnzú)''
*''Chinese'': 滿族 ''(Mǎnzú)''
The Manchu homeland came to be known as "Manchuria" (C: ''Mǎnzhōu'', J: ''Manshû'') around that time, and can be widely seen to possess that name in English-language publications, maps, and globes, from the early 18th century onwards. Yet, whether in response to the puppet state of Manchukuo (C: ''Mǎnzhōuguó'', J: ''Manshûkoku'') controlled by the Japanese from 1932-1945, or whether out of nationalistic desire to claim the region as an integral part of China (even though it wasn't prior to the Qing), Chinese today often insist on calling the region "Northeast China" (C: ''Zhōngguó Dōngběi'') or "The Three Northeast Provinces" (''Dōngběi sānshěng'').
The Manchu homeland came to be known as "Manchuria" (C: ''Mǎnzhōu'', J: ''Manshû'') around that time, and can be widely seen to possess that name in English-language publications, maps, and globes, from the early 18th century onwards. Yet, whether in response to the puppet state of Manchukuo (C: ''Mǎnzhōuguó'', J: ''Manshûkoku'') controlled by the Japanese from 1932-1945, or whether out of nationalistic desire to claim the region as an integral part of China (even though it wasn't prior to the Qing), Chinese today often insist on calling the region "Northeast China" (C: ''Zhōngguó Dōngběi'') or "The Three Northeast Provinces" (''Dōngběi sānshěng'').
==Qing Dynasty==
During the Qing Dynasty, the Manchus were the elite ruling class. Many enjoyed a sort of dual life, maintaining various Manchu customs and practices, as well as Chinese ones. Many Manchu practiced horseback riding, archery, hunting, and other "traditional" steppe nomad practices, as well as Chinese practices such as calligraphy, poetry, music, and tea drinking. They communicated in both Chinese and Manchu spoken and written languages, and observed a combination of [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhist]] (Lamaist) and native steppe nomad shamanistic religious practices.
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==References==
==References==
*Robert Tignor, [[Benjamin Elman]], et al, ''Worlds Together, Worlds Apart'', vol B, Fourth Edition, W.W. Norton & Co (2014), 502.
*Robert Tignor, [[Benjamin Elman]], et al, ''Worlds Together, Worlds Apart'', vol B, Fourth Edition, W.W. Norton & Co (2014), 502.
*Jonathan Spence, ''The Search for Modern China'', Second Edition, W.W. Norton & Co. (1999), 41.
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