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  2. Blue and white pottery - Wikipedia

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    In the 1640s, rebellions in China and wars between the Ming dynasty and the Manchus damaged many kilns, and in 1656–1684 the new Qing dynasty government stopped trade by closing its ports. Chinese exports almost ceased and other sources were needed to fulfill the continuing Eurasian demand for blue and white.

  3. Cantonese - Wikipedia

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    Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, ... Kuang 3-tung 1-hua 4: ... Since a 1909 decree of the Qing dynasty, ...

  4. Blue and White Porcelain - Wikipedia

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    Originally, Vincent Fang wanted to name the song "Bronze", because bronze is not romantic enough to change the Song dynasty's "Ru ware" for the song title.However, the Ru ware of the word "Ru" would give rise to unflattering associations, and coupled with the romantic elegance of porcelain, Vincent Fang finally decided to use porcelain as the title of the song.

  5. Names of China - Wikipedia

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    However, this was firmly rejected by the Qing representatives: "Our country China has been called Zhongguo for a long time since ancient times. We have signed treaties with various countries, and while Great Qing did appear in the first lines of such treaties, in the body of the treaties Zhongguo was always being used. There has never been a ...

  6. Qi (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Qi (奇, also commonly written as Ji or Ci in mandarin, Kei in Cantonese) is a Chinese surname. during the Qing dynasty, Khitan people Cideri (奇德哩), Cidumu (奇杜穆), Cileng (奇楞), Cimosi (奇墨斯), Citela (奇塔喇), Cilei (奇壘) reduce surname Qi (奇). during the Qing dynasty, Jurchen the Du (surname) (杜) family Chenge surname to Qi (奇).

  7. Yue Chinese - Wikipedia

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    In Guangzhou, much of the distinctively Yue vocabulary have been replaced with Cantonese pronunciations of corresponding Standard Chinese terms. [35] Cantonese is the de facto official language of Hong Kong (along with English) and Macau (along with Portuguese), though legally the official language is just "Chinese".

  8. Cantonese people - Wikipedia

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    A Cantonese gentleman in Qing-era traditional attire, c. 1873–1874 Cantonese people and their culture are centered in Guangdong, Eastern Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macau. Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, has been one of China's international trading ports since the Tang dynasty.

  9. The Flower Princess - Wikipedia

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    Di Nü Hua is a fictional Chinese story about Princess Changping of the Ming Dynasty and her husband/lover, Zhou Shixian. The first known story was a Kunqu script written in the Qing Dynasty, while the second version was a Cantonese opera from the early 1900s later found in Japan and Shanghai. Little information is available from this early ...