The region in Mangka of the city of Jiutai and on the upper reaches of the Songhua River is a place where the people of the Manchurian nationality live in compact communities and maintain the unique customs of the nationality. People of the Manchurian nationality believe in Saman religion and are good at fishing, hunting and collection and are food of equestrian skill, wrestling and archery. Cheongsams of the Manchurian people are famous. People of the nationality love white sliced meat, pickled Chinese cabbage, vermicelli made from bean starch and cakes. They are also good at singing and dancing, and their martial art is strong in their dance. People of the Manchurian nationality have paid close attention to science and love literature, Chinese folk art (including balled singing, story telling, comic dialogues, clapper talks and cross talks) and calligraphy.