Episode 146 - The Eight Banners

These photos were taken at the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence earlier today.

A special event of the Museum is exhibiting some cultural relics of the Eight Banners of the Manchu.

The "Eight Banners" was the military system of the Manchu. Each Banner had a strong team of army. With the powerful Eight Banners, the Manchu conquered the Ming Empire in the 17th Century and ruled China for nearly 300 years.

The exhibition introduces the "Eight Banners" military system, the army outfits and the weapons. The colourful clothes as shown in the photos above are the military outfits of the Eight Banners.

The Museum is located at the eastern coast of Hong Kong and was once a military fort of the British army.