XianPei - Who Were They, How they looked like?

Dear Fellows,

Can we share information and idea on this topic?
I'm really particularly eager to know the origin of Xianpei tribes, their appearance looked like...?  (they looked like a Mongol or looked like with the face of more "western"?

My friend told me that he read a press in a newspaper that in a village near the city  Zhao Qing, in GuangDong province of South China, there are several thousands so called the successors of one of clans of Xianpei.  He told me he see the picture of one or two representatives of the village in the newspaper, they have a high nose and narrower faces...  , although they may have been mixing with some local people in the South.....

Tks ! Seko,

Unfortunately, I am still now searching that comtemporary photo in the Chinese Newspaper, once I get it, I will post it or give the web link.

By the way, it sounds Hseinpi appearance was quite similar to Manchurian people, as you say they come from Manchuria.... or they looked like more "western".  This has been what I am most curious to figure it out.   In our Chinese History, the Hseinpi was also called "White Slaves" at that time...does it imply they were not "yellow" skinned people....?

From the historical readings, there are not few Chinese nowadays carry some gene of Hseinpi.  As in North Wei Dynasty, the rulers are all Hseinpi people.  And in Sui and Tang Dynasty, the emperors should be half Hseinpi.   Although these tribes of people already disappeared from the stage of history, their active presence during 1st - 5th Century created a profound effects on Chinese and Mongolian Steppe history.  And so far, I just hope they should have been paid more attention and discussed.

Hi Seko,

Thanks for your enlightenment!

Fortunately, I have successfully searched that news link:

http://www.nen.com.cn/78027946471718912/20070528/2232958_3.shtml

Note:
1. These several thousand MuRong Xianbei descendants fled from their previous the Northern Yan Kindom in present-day LiaoNing province in China.  The Northern Yan  was extirpated by Touba Xianbei (North Wei Empire), yes, another sub-tribes of XianBei federation.   They finally found their new homeland in a village near ZhaoQing City of GuangDong province in South China 700 years ago after several preceding stopover in their desperate fleeing long journey from North to South.  

2. See the tallest guy in the photo, although he had been to great degree assimilated with Southern Hans, you can see he is with high nose, and narrow face, deep eyes.   In the text (Chinese), it says, the reporters can notice easily his eyeballs mixed with yellowish brown color, not in black color.
Also, coupled with the fact that there has been vast contrasts in climates between the South and North East of China,  as well as they live in the countryside for long time,  it would not be strange to see they did not look so "white".

3. With history records, some (not all) scholars believe that MuRong Xianbei should have golden-yellow hair and blue eyes originally in the 3rd~4th century during the 5 Hu 16 Kingdom Period.  The feature of some Caucasian elements, as what Seko has mentioned above.

4. Subsequent to the newest great  discovery of 3-Yan's Ancient Civilizations in early of this year in ChaoYang of Liaoning province (north east) of China, there has been a hot focused event to "call for" anybody who are  posterity suspects of MuRong Xianbei families in the whole China.
See the interesting related web site:  http://www.murongyan.com
(or just feel about it, as this is a web site in Chinese. Sorry!)

But we need to note that :-

1. They have the full details of Murong clan pedigree. (shown in the other pictures in that link.)   I believe it is now  undergoing verification process by experts.

2. This Murong Xianbei gentleman is just one of the representative of that village, where there are several thousand of their clans living there long before.

3. Also, the content of news (unfortunately in Chinese) also indicates that some of their ancestor graves with demonstrated related tombstone epigraph were witnessed.
This clan ancestors wanted to keep the original surname of Murong so  that the successors would not have forgotten their origin. (many Murong Xianbei changed their surname to "hide" their origin, as the Touba Xianbei and other enemies did not want to leave them alive.)  For this village people, their leader of ancestors might also think it was at low risks of keeping their original surnames, as they felt more secured after fleeing for so many thousands miles from the North to the South.

4. Regarding the appearance, I like to add that , for example, our Kung Fu Master Bruce Lee, he carries some genes of German.  It is all well known in Hong Kong that his mother's 2-3 older generations  before is German.   But only few Germanic elements was found from Bruce's looking.
Hence, we can imagine how this Xianbei gentleman in the photo  has "evolved " after 700-1500 years mixing blood with Hans or other Southmen.  The Caucasian elements does not dominate conspicuously any longer in his face now.