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Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Ethnic identity in the Eight Banners is a complex subject, involving many overlapping and competing definitions of ancestry, language, and culture. The Eight Banners of the Qing dynasty represented a military organization and the primary organizational structure of Manchu society. The banner armies contained three principal ethnic components: the Manchu, the Han, and the Mongols, and various smaller ethnic groups, such as the Xibe, Daur,and Evenks. Beginning in the late 1620s, Nurhaci's successors incorporated allied and conquered Mongol tribes into the Eight Banner system. The first Chinese additions were replacements in existing banners. Eventually, the sheer numbers of Han Chinese soldiers caused Manchu leaders to form them into the "Old Han Army" (舊漢軍, jiù hànjūn), mainly for infantry support. In 1631, a separate Han Chinese artillery corps was formed. Four Han Chinese banners were created in 1639 and finally the full eight were established in 1642.The Han Chinese banners were known as the "Nikan" Banners, consisting of a massive amount of Chinese POWs and defectors. Jurchen women married most of these Chinese since the men came with no family of their own. There were so many Han Chinese entering the Banners that there were more of them than the Jurchen. Hung Taiji wanted to separate the Han Chinese and Jurchen banners. The Chinese and Jurchen of Liaodong were mixed in culture. Many bannermen forged genealogies of their origin since they did not have any, and then these decided whether or not they were in a Chinese or a Jurchen banner. The Eight Banners were then created from the old black Han Chinese banners and Jurchen banners and made equal to each other. The Mongol Eight banners were also created at this time, and anyone who was not classified into a Chinese or a Mongol banner became a Manchu, an ethnic group which Hung Taiji created."@en }

• Ethnic_identity_in_the_Eight_Banners abstract "Ethnic identity in the Eight Banners is a complex subject, involving many overlapping and competing definitions of ancestry, language, and culture. The Eight Banners of the Qing dynasty represented a military organization and the primary organizational structure of Manchu society. The banner armies contained three principal ethnic components: the Manchu, the Han, and the Mongols, and various smaller ethnic groups, such as the Xibe, Daur,and Evenks. Beginning in the late 1620s, Nurhaci's successors incorporated allied and conquered Mongol tribes into the Eight Banner system. The first Chinese additions were replacements in existing banners. Eventually, the sheer numbers of Han Chinese soldiers caused Manchu leaders to form them into the "Old Han Army" (舊漢軍, jiù hànjūn), mainly for infantry support. In 1631, a separate Han Chinese artillery corps was formed. Four Han Chinese banners were created in 1639 and finally the full eight were established in 1642.The Han Chinese banners were known as the "Nikan" Banners, consisting of a massive amount of Chinese POWs and defectors. Jurchen women married most of these Chinese since the men came with no family of their own. There were so many Han Chinese entering the Banners that there were more of them than the Jurchen. Hung Taiji wanted to separate the Han Chinese and Jurchen banners. The Chinese and Jurchen of Liaodong were mixed in culture. Many bannermen forged genealogies of their origin since they did not have any, and then these decided whether or not they were in a Chinese or a Jurchen banner. The Eight Banners were then created from the old black Han Chinese banners and Jurchen banners and made equal to each other. The Mongol Eight banners were also created at this time, and anyone who was not classified into a Chinese or a Mongol banner became a Manchu, an ethnic group which Hung Taiji created.".