Editing Manchu people (section)

==== Falconry ====
As a result of their hunting ancestry, Manchus are traditionally interested in falconry.<ref name=liu2008/>{{rp|106}} [[Gyrfalcon]] ({{manchu|m={{ManchuSibeUnicode|lang=mnc|ᡧᠣᠩᡴᠣᡵᠣ}}|v=šongkoro|a=xongkoro}}) is the most highly valued discipline in the Manchu falconry social circle.<ref name=liu2008/>{{rp|107}} In the Qing period, giving a gyrfalcon to the royal court in tribute could be met with a considerable reward.<ref name=liu2008/>{{rp|107}} There were professional falconers in Ningguta area (today's Heilongjiang province and the northern part of Jilin province). It was a big base of falconry.<ref name=liu2008/>{{rp|106}} Beijing's Manchus also like falconry. Compared to the falconry of Manchuria, it is more like an entertainment.<ref name=liu2008/>{{rp|108}} Imperial Household Department of Beijing had professional falconers, too. They provided outstanding falcons to the emperor when he went to hunt every fall.<ref name=liu2008/>{{rp|108}} Even today, Manchu traditional falconry is well practised in some regions.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.jl.xinhuanet.com/tese/2011-01/10/content_21821594.htm |script-title = zh:新华网吉林频道 |access-date = 18 March 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040403/http://www.jl.xinhuanet.com/tese/2011-01/10/content_21821594.htm |archive-date = 4 March 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref>