The anti-Manchurian sentiment is pretty shitty, given that the Qing dynasty has done plenty in the early parts and they've sinonized to the point of completely losing their own language and switched over to Mandarin. There's no reason at all to continue acting like they're not also Chinese.
And while yes, the Emperor was Manchurian, the court was mostly packed with Han officers, so I don't think the Han people had any room to be blaming the minorities for the country's decline other than their own crappy policies.
It'd be one thing if the movement is to bring awareness to Westerners about pre-Qing/pre-Ming history, since the West's entire conception of Chinese culture is limited to Qipao and Ming vases. But given that most of the Hanfu movement is directed inward...yeah, there's a problem. Chinese people are perfectly aware of our 5000 year history.
And to be perfectly fair, there are plenty of innocent actual historians who are just trying to figure out the historical fashion of the older dynasties and have gotten swept up into this whole mess and are used as a shield for the unsavory political messaging.
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Date: 2021-03-02 14:20 (UTC)The anti-Manchurian sentiment is pretty shitty, given that the Qing dynasty has done plenty in the early parts and they've sinonized to the point of completely losing their own language and switched over to Mandarin. There's no reason at all to continue acting like they're not also Chinese.
And while yes, the Emperor was Manchurian, the court was mostly packed with Han officers, so I don't think the Han people had any room to be blaming the minorities for the country's decline other than their own crappy policies.
It'd be one thing if the movement is to bring awareness to Westerners about pre-Qing/pre-Ming history, since the West's entire conception of Chinese culture is limited to Qipao and Ming vases. But given that most of the Hanfu movement is directed inward...yeah, there's a problem. Chinese people are perfectly aware of our 5000 year history.
And to be perfectly fair, there are plenty of innocent actual historians who are just trying to figure out the historical fashion of the older dynasties and have gotten swept up into this whole mess and are used as a shield for the unsavory political messaging.