Jurchen were a number of East Asian Tungusic-speaking people. They lived in northeastern China, also known as Manchuria, before the 18th century. The Jurchens were renamed Manchus in 1635 by Hong Taij
Siberians capturing a reindeer
A Jurchen man hunting from his horse, from a 15th-century ink and color painting on silk.
Qilang people (奇楞). Huang Qing Zhigong Tu, 1769
Bixi from the grave of a 12th-century Jurchen leader in today's Ussuriysk
Hong Taiji, sometimes rendered as Huang Taiji and occasionally referred to as Abahai in Western literature, also known by his temple name Emperor Taizong of Qing, was the second khan of the Later Jin
Jurchen people
…Tungusic-speaking people. They lived in northeastern China, also known as Manchuria, before the 18th century. The Jurchens were renamed Manchus in 1635 by Hong Taiji. The Jurchens were culturally diverse, with different groups living as hunter-gatherers, pastoralist semi-nomads, or sedentary agriculturists. Generally…
17th century state portrait, by anonymous court painter, currently in the collection of the Hong Kong Palace Museum
Hong Taiji in regular clothing
Statue of Hong Taiji in Beiling Park