The Inconvenient Imperial Visit: Writing Clothing and Ethnicity in 1684 Qufu

During the Manchu invasion of central China in the mid-seventeenth century, the Manchu rulers forced male Han Chinese to shave their heads, leaving enough hair only for a thin queue, and to change into Manchu clothing.10 The Manchu hair and dress regulations challenged the cultural identity of the H...

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Published in:Late imperial China 2016-12, Vol.37 (2), p.137-170
Main Author: Wang, Guojun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chinese languages
Confucius (551-479 BC)
Costumes
Cultural identity
Families & family life
Hair
Language culture relationship
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Summary:During the Manchu invasion of central China in the mid-seventeenth century, the Manchu rulers forced male Han Chinese to shave their heads, leaving enough hair only for a thin queue, and to change into Manchu clothing.10 The Manchu hair and dress regulations challenged the cultural identity of the Han Chinese, especially the Kong family in Qufu. [...]in the past three millennia, the clothing in our family alone has remained unchanged, despite the alterations in other ritual institutions from the Han to the Ming dynasties.
ISSN:0884-3236
1086-3257
1086-3257
DOI:10.1353/late.2016.0013