Fu Manchu

Sheng Xuanhuai 盛宣懷 (1844-1916), former Minister of Communications and Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent (taizi taibao 太子太保) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), passed away in Shanghai on April 27, 1916. In November 1917, the Sheng family assembled an unprecedentedly extravagant funeral procession in the International Settlement of Shanghai. Widely believed to have cost the Sheng family 300,000 silver dollars, the mile-long cortege passed along major streets at the heart of Shanghai and thereby captivated

Proclamation of The Abdication of the Manchus, 1912 The Abdication of the Manchus was presented to the people in a letter written by the Dowager Empress Longyu on February 24, 1912. In the letter, it is stated that the Emperor wishes to follow the people’s desire and the will of heaven that the people should have a republican form of government. The Emperor “expresses” his feelings that all points of the country should be united. Furthermore, the Emperor and his family’s honor and glory dims in comparison

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, where masculine beauty and feminine beauty were often interchangeable, where reference to “the passion of the cut sleeve” or “the shared peach” were commonly understood colloquialisms for homosexual relationships, and where same-sex prostitution was preferred or at the very least considered analogous to other-sex relationships. One would not expect by the end of such an age that the Chinese legal code would prohibit consensual same-sex relationships and have

Empire can be seen in the renewal of military rituals and values from that time. Another reason for the persistent emphasizing of the importance of martial power during the Qing can also be attributed to the origins of the Qing rulers. They were of Manchu origin, belonging to the ‘Aisin Gioro’ clan , and perhaps in order to uphold their inner Asian roots, favoured military power (wu) over culture (wen), unlike preceding dynasties, which preferred wen over wu. This acknowledgment of the status of martial

As a political tactic, rulers often portray themselves in a certain way in order to stabilize their reign and rule more effectively. Some take the approach of uniqueness by setting themselves apart from their subject population while others take the approach of sameness by emphasizing the similarities in which they share with the people. Not exclusively limited to apartness or sameness, some rulers have shown to employ a mix of both ruling styles. It is these versatile rulers who have experienced

History Assignment 2 Document Analysis: Letter from the Qianlong Emperor to King George III In 1793, in the midst of the French revolution in Europe, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing state, who reigned over the Chinese empire from 1735-95, responded to a request made by an envoy sent by King George III of Britain. The envoy sent, known as the Macartney embassy and fronted by Lord Macartney, was for the purpose of discussing the condition of relations between Great Britain and the Qing empire and possible

The Old Summer Palace, known in Chinese as Yuanming Yuan. Emperor Kangxi named the garden as "Old Summer Palace". The first “yuan” means round, which hints the hoping to be a perfect person that like a round, without a gap. "Ming" imply the wish that to govern the dynasty and politic bright and clear. It was originally called the Imperial Gardens and located in western suburbs of Beijing China. I will introduce this famous Chinese great art because it described by Victor Hugo as “dazzling cavern

Throughout history, women have tried many different ways to make themselves as beautiful as possible to be accepted into their society. In the eleventh century, Foot Binding seemed to be a mandatory procedure for Chinese Women. It was an excruciating process that women would go through to please their husbands. Foot binding became popular as a means of a flaunting status because women from wealthy families who did not need them to work could afford to have their feet bound The practice became so

Introduction China and the West made significant contributions towards the evolutions that took place in the world. During the 18th century, Western opinion on China underwent radical change, due to what seemed to be China’s unwavering attitude towards the West. In spite of the fact that earlier Europeans had high regards for China, especially in idealized terms, this changed. By the late eighteenth century, the West viewed China as closed and hidebound society that immensely lacked interest in new

the Qing dynasty by the Manchu in 1644 brought another foreign dynastic ruler to China since the creation of the Yuan dynasty, which was ruled by the Mongols. The Manchu brought many of their culture and tradition and imposed them on China such as Manchurian style gown for officials, but none of these changes were as significant as the queue. The queue is a hairstyle that consists of a braided pig tail with the front part of the head shaven. During the Qing dynasty, the Manchu imposed the Queue Order