Manchuria is a region in East Asia. Depending on the definition of its extent, Manchuria can refer either to a region falling entirely within present-day China, or to a larger region today divided between Northeast China and the Russian Far East. To differentiate between the two parts following the latter definition, the Russian part is also known as Outer Manchuria, while the Chinese part is known as Northeast China.
A 12th-century Jin dynasty stone tortoise in today's Ussuriysk
Picture of Manchurian Plague victims in 1910-1911
Balhae or Jin, also rendered as Bohai, was a multi-ethnic kingdom established in 698 by Dae Joyeong and originally known as the Kingdom of Jin until 713 when its name was changed to Balhae. At its greatest extent it corresponded to what is today Northeast China, the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and the southeastern Russian Far East.
The territory of Balhae in 830, during the reign of King Seon (Xuan) of Balhae.
Brick fragment inscribed with the characters shang jing 上京, "Upper Capital" of Balhae, held at the National Museum of China
Buddhist relief sculpture from Balhae at the Ohara Museum of Art, Japan. The inscription in Literary Chinese contains a description of the artifact's making in 834 AD, and a poem honoring the dharma.
Replica of the epitaph of Princess Jeonghye (Zhenhui), the second daughter of Mun of Balhae (r. 737–793)
