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[General_Zhaoyun]

The following are probably some of the more famous Manchu Actress and Singers in the chinese entertainment circle.




Rosamund Kwan (Guan Ziling 关芝琳) - Hongkong Actress (80s and 90s)
Manchu ancestry - from Shenyang in Liaoning province



kathy Chow (Zhou Haimei 周海媚) - Hongkong Actress and Singer during 1990s
Manchu ancestry- descendents of Manchu White Banner


Na Ying (那英） -Singer/Actress from China
Manchu ancestry: from Shenyang, Liaoning province

Are there other Manchu singers?

Do you like their acting/singing skills?

[Yun]

Other Manchu actors/actresses:

Hu Jun 胡軍, who has played Xiang Yu, Zhu Yuanzhang, King Fuchai, and Zhang Xueliang in recent Chinese TV series and will soon appear as Zhao Yun in John Woo's Three Kingdoms movie Red Cliff .



Grace Yang Tongshu 楊童舒 (original name Yang Liu 楊柳), who played the Princess of Pingyang in Hanwu Dadi.

[General_Zhaoyun]

uhm.. interesting.. I didn't know they are Manchu. I've come across these China actors and actress when watching chinese drama series.

[taiji in motion]

Also TWnese actor Ma Jing Tao 馬景濤 and singer Ji Qin 齊秦。

Regarding the beautiful HK actress Zhou Hai Mei 周海媚 ，only her mom is Man zu!

[General_Zhaoyun]

Also TWnese actor Ma Jing Tao 馬景濤 and singer Ji Qin 齊秦。

Interesting..these Taiwanese celebrities are so famous and I didn't know they are Manchu.

[DearCoolZ]

Rosamund Kwan is only a half manchu,her dad is manchu


actor tong dawei is a manchu

[bhchao]

The coach of the US women Olympic volleyball team, 郎平, is also of Manchu descent:

She is a celebrity in China in her own right. She led the Chinese volleyball women to victory over the United States in the gold medal match in the 1984 Olympics. She also led the Chinese team to a silver in the 1996 Olympics.

[calibre2001]

Sorry but what does a 'real' manchu look like? I just want to know the distinguishing physical differences

[peepee]

Sorry but what does a 'real' manchu look like?

Here is one prominent figure named Luan Enjie ( 栾恩杰 = distinctive sinicized Manchu surname ) in PRC,he's director of China National Aerospace Administration (CNAA).

Profile:
民族：满族 ( ethnicity: Manchu )
出生年月：1940年11月生
出生地点：辽宁沈阳人 ( birthplace: Liaoning province,native of Shenyang city )

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[LongMa]

I would say that Manchu have more overlap with Koreans than the do with Han Chinese, based on what I've seen of old pictures of the Royal Family, but also Manchu did intermarry with Mongols (and I believe Tibetans) so...

The thing is that Han Chinese are such a big group you have some that look identical to the average Mongol or Korean and also to the average Vietnamese or even Thai. Chinese history makes it obvious why. THere has been much intermarriage and "acculturation" in China, taking "barbarians" into the "Han Family" increasing the range in appearance.

So if you have a bell curve of looks from Most Northeast Asian to most Southeast Asian looking Han, I would say Manchu are pretty far Left.

That's how I look at it anyway.

Edited by LongMa, 30 August 2008 - 05:09 PM.

[peepee]

I would say that Manchu have more overlap with Koreans than they do with Han Chinese

Not Japanese though,proto-Siberian Tungusic "Mishihase 粛慎" tribe once lived in Japan's Akita Province

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishihase

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushen


L photo: ethnic-Manchu Luan Enjie ( 栾恩杰 )
R photo: late Japanese-American actor Pat Morita ( of Karate Kid movies )

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Edited by peepee, 30 August 2008 - 07:32 PM.

[peepee]

Sorry but what does a 'real' manchu look like ? I just want to know the distinguishing physical differences

photo ( L ) of a 'half ' Manchu,he's family relative of mine by marriage.Yes,he could always ' pass ' as either Japanese or Korean.His daughter 1/4 Manchu in R photo.

http://www.asiabizco.com/michael.html

http://plantbio.berk...l/victoria.html

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Edited by peepee, 13 September 2008 - 07:34 PM.

[Sanbao]

郎朗 Lang Lang, a famous pianist is manchu (half(??)).

http://www.steinway..../Lang-Lang1.jpg

[yehzhaofeng]

Wow, didn't know Lang Lang was half Manchu. haha, PeePee, I like the photo comparisons ofMr. Miyagi.

[peepee]

( 佟大為 ) Dong Dawei is a genuine ethnic Manchu born in 遼寧撫順.By the way,Qing Dynasty founder Nurhaci once had 佟 for family name in his early years in Liao-dong peninsula ( present day Liaoning province ).

http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/m/f/tongdw/

( 撫順 ) Fushin city in ( 遼寧 ) Liaoning province ( China's NE region )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fushun

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