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Two women playing male roles in Song dynasty zaju theatre. Women playing male role was a popular convention of the period. During the Song dynasty, foot binding also became popular among the elite, later spreading to other social classes. The earliest known references to bound feet appeared in this period, and evidence from archaeology also ...
The date of the Step-Empress's birth is a matter of debate, with the book Four Genealogies of the Qing Royal House stating that she was born some time in the second lunar month of an unknown year, [11] and at least one modern book stating that she was born on the 10th day of the 2nd month of the 57th year of Kangxi Emperor's reign.
Qiu Jin was known as an eloquent orator [17] who spoke out for women's rights, such as the freedom to marry, freedom of education, and abolishment of the practice of foot binding. In 1906 she founded China Women's News (Zhongguo nü bao), a radical women's journal with another female poet, Xu Zihua in Shanghai. [18]
Empress Xiaojingxian (28 June 1681 – 29 October 1731) of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner Ula Nara clan, was the primary wife of the Yongzheng Emperor. [1] [2] She was empress consort of Qing from 1723 until her death in 1731, and was posthumously honoured with the title Empress Xiaojingxian. [3]
In the late Qing dynasty and the early republic, the performance of actresses became popular. [2] As a result, women were playing increasingly important roles on stage. [2] But Peking opera has been characterized by female impersonation for years, male dan actors were viewed as irreplaceable by female actors. [2]
Empress Dowager Cixi, Qing dynasty. 1643–1649: Empress Xiaoduanwen; 1643–1688: Empress Dowager Zhaosheng; 1661–1663: Empress Dowager Cihe; 1661–1718: Empress Dowager Renxian; 1722–1723: Empress Dowager Renshou; 1735–1777: Empress Dowager Chongqing; 1820–1850: Empress Dowager Gongci; 1855: Empress Dowager Kangci; 1861–1881 ...
Empress Dowager Cixi (Mandarin pronunciation: [tsʰɹ̩̌.ɕì]; 29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively but periodically controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent for almost 50 years, from 1861 until her death in 1908.
Yoshiko Kawashima (川島 芳子, Kawashima Yoshiko, 24 May 1907 – 25 March 1948), born Aisin Gioro Xianyu, was a Qing dynasty princess of the Aisin-Gioro clan. She was raised in Japan and served as a spy for the Japanese Kwantung Army and Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War.