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Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus.
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Manchu-led dynasty of China (1644–1912)
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Regent of Qing China from 1643 to 1650
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Hairstyle worn by the Jurchen and Manchu peoples of Manchuria
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Han Chinese
East Asian ethnic group
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Manchu people
Ethnic group native to northeastern China
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