Manchu girls wearing a traditional Manchu women's dress during a festival marking the 400th anniversary of the founding of Hetu Ala in Xinbin County of Fushun, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 23, 2003. Hetu Ala was founded in 1603 by minority leader Nurhachi, the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), who declared himself Khan in 1616. [Xinhua]

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