Jurchen cultures( # Journal 25 )

Jurchen language is the topic of our research paper. In Chinese history, Jurchens dominated China for two hundred and sixty- eight years, that was, Ching Dynasty. Jurchens had their own characters and cultures. However, during the Ching Dynasty, even though Manchurian controlled the whole dynasty, the main ethnic was still the Hans. Therefore, most Jrchens’ characters and cultures were mingled by Hans’ cultures. In the nowadays, there is no one use Jurchen to be an official language but we could still find some Jurchen cultures in the China. Most of Jurchens’ offspring have lived in the China and some of them have been still trying to keep their own cultures such as art works and characters. Some Jurchens’ offspring roamed to the middle of Taiwan. They have lived in a village which called NIAN village together for a long time and one of the common characters is that thoes peoples' last name all named NIAN. NIAN family knew that there are descendants of Jurchen but they didn’t pass on their own cultures to their next generation.