Lalin

Lalin was a Jurchen group in the Lalin River valley, near the abandoned Jin capital of Shangjing. The region had passed to the Mongols, and in 1337 its Jurchens lived under Yuan rule.

The valley's Jurchens later came under Ming frontier administration. Nurhaci united most Jurchen tribes and organized them into the Eight Banners; in 1635 Hong Taiji decreed that the people be called Manchus.