Editing Qing dynasty (section)

====Manchu and imperial religion====
{{Further|Shamanism during the Qing dynasty}}
[[File:Yonghe Gong sign.jpg|thumb|Placard (right to left) in Manchu, Chinese, Tibetan, Mongolian [[Yonghe Temple|Yonghe Lamasery]], Beijing]]
The Manchu imperial family were especially attracted by Yellow Sect or [[Gelug]] Buddhism that had spread from Tibet into Mongolia. The [[Fifth Dalai Lama]], who had gained power in 1642, just before the Manchus took Beijing, looked to the Qing court for support. The Kangxi and Qianlong emperors practiced this form of Tibetan Buddhism as one of their household religions and built temples that made Beijing one of its centres, and constructed a replica Lhasa's [[Potala Palace]] at their summer retreat in [[Rehe]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Harrison |first=Henrietta |title=China |publisher=London: Arnold; New York: Oxford University Press |year=2001 |isbn=0340741333 |pages=36–42}}.</ref>
 
[[Shamanism]], the most common religion among Manchus, was a spiritual inheritance from their [[Tungusic peoples|Tungusic]] ancestors that set them off from Han Chinese.{{sfnp|Elliott|2001|pp=235, 241}} [[Shamanism during the Qing dynasty#State shamanism after 1644|State shamanism]] was important to the imperial family both to maintain their Manchu cultural identity and to promote their imperial legitimacy among tribes in the northeast.{{sfnp|Rawski|1998|pp=231–236, 242–243}} Imperial obligations included rituals on the first day of [[Chinese New Year]] at a shamanic shrine (tangse).{{sfnp|Rawski|1998|p=236}} [[Shamanism during the Qing dynasty#Shamanism and Manchu identity|Practices in Manchu families]] included sacrifices to the ancestors, and the use of shamans, often women, who went into a trance to seek healing or exorcism.{{sfnp|Elliott|2001|pp=237–238}}