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Pages in category "Films set in 19th-century Qing dynasty" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This film is a historical drama set in the imperial court in the closing years of the Qing dynasty (late 19th and early 20th century). The Empress Dowager Cixi wielded effective power during much of this period, having staged a coup in 1861 that made her regent over the infant Emperor X and then, after his death, the young Emperor Guangxu. Cixi ...
In English, the association is also known by other names, such as the Chinese Six Companies in San Francisco, [2] especially when it began in the 19th century; Chong Wa Benevolent Association in Seattle; and United Chinese Society in Honolulu. In the Western and Midwestern United States as well as Western Canada, 中華會館 is the common ...
19th century in Los Angeles — within Spanish Las Californias (to 1821), Mexican Alta California (1821-1848), ... Contact Wikipedia; Code of Conduct; Developers;
Films set in 19th-century Qing dynasty (29 P) Films set in 20th-century Qing dynasty (14 P) ... (1978 film) Foreign Devils (1927 film) H.
The only Qing emperors who are not commonly known by their reign name are the first two: Nurhaci (r. 1616–1626), who is known by his personal name, and his son and successor Hong Taiji (r. 1626–1643), whose name was a title meaning "prince Hong". Hong Taiji was the only Qing emperor to use two era names (see table). [31]
The Qing dynasty in 1911. The Qing dynasty (1644–1912) was the largest political entity ever to center itself on China as known today. Succeeding the Ming dynasty, the Qing dynasty more than doubled the geographical extent of the Ming dynasty, which it displayed in 1644, and also tripled the Ming population, reaching a size of about half a billion people in its last years.
Tongs first appeared in China in 1644 when the Ming dynasty was overthrown by the Qing dynasty.One of the first tongs was established by the secret society Chee Kung Tong, which aimed to restore the power of the Ming dynasty by removing the new Manchu rulers of the Qing dynasty.