Liáoníng History

History

The region formerly known as Manchuria, including the provinces of Liáoníng, Jílín and Hēilóngjiāng, plus parts of Inner Mongolia, is now called Dōngběi, which simply means ‘the northeast’.

The Manchurian warlords of this northern territory established the Qing dynasty, which ruled China from the 1640s until the early 20th century. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, when the Western powers were busy carving up pieces of China for themselves, Manchuria was occupied alternately by the Russians and the Japanese.

These occupations have helped to shape the region’s architecture along with its consciousness.