Gūwalgiya
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Guwalgiya (Manchu: ᡤᡡᠸᠠᠯᡤᡳᠶᠠ ; Chinese: 瓜爾佳氏) was one of the most powerful Manchu clans. It is often listed by historians as the first of the eight prominent Manchu clans of the Qing dynasty. After the demise of the dynasty, some of its descendants sinicized their clan name to the Chinese surname Guan, otherwise romanized as Kuan or Kwan.
Famous people
People who hail from the clan or trace some ancestry to the clan include:
- Bahai, early Qing dynasty general
- Oboi, chief regent during the early reign of the Kangxi Emperor
- Wenxiang, late Qing dynasty statesman
- Ronglu, late Qing dynasty mandarin, major confidant of Empress Dowager Cixi
- Guan Xiangying, Communist fighter, leader of the Communist Youth League of China
- Kwan Shan, Hong Kong actor
- Rosamund Kwan, Kwan Shan's daughter, Hong Kong entertainer
- Kathy Chow, Hong Kong actress
- John Kuan, Kuomintang politician in Taiwan
- Guan Xiaotong, Chinese actress
See also
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