Wei-chang; Wei-ch`iang

Japanese: 囲場 - いじょう（英語表記）wei-chang; wei-ch`iang

In China's Qing dynasty, the term refers to official hunting grounds where the emperor and bannermen performed military exercises and hunted, and where meat and livestock were provided to the imperial family. The Qing dynasty was a Manchu dynasty, and they had a long-standing custom of hunting northern peoples (makigari) with the participation of tribes and villages. Hunting eventually became established as military training for the Qing dynasty's army (the Eight Bannermen), and hunting grounds for this purpose were set up in Shengjing, Jilin, Mulan (Hebei Province), and Suoyolqi (Suoyolqi) in Heilongjiang Province. Entry to these hunting grounds was restricted, but as the blockade of Manchuria was relaxed, they were gradually reclaimed, and by the end of the Qing Dynasty they were sold to private citizens.

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Japanese:

中国，清朝で皇帝や旗人が演武，狩猟を行い，また皇室に獣肉，生じかを供する官設の狩猟場をいう。清朝は満州民族の王朝であり，彼らには北方民族の囲猟 (巻狩り) を部族，集落をあげて行う風習が古くからあった。やがて囲猟が清朝の軍隊 (八旗兵) の軍事演習として定着し，そのための囲場が盛京，吉林，木蘭 (河北省) ，黒竜江省のソヨルチ (索約爾斉) に設置された。この囲場は立入り禁止地であったが，満州封禁がゆるむと漸次開墾され，清末には民間に払下げられた。

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