Vartan Mamikonian was Chinese ??

[Vagharshapat]

Re: Vartan Mamikonian was Chinese ??

You are welcome...

This one is from wikipedia;

"Today, some historians are of the opinion that the Mamikonians were probably descended from chieftans of the Tzans (Chanik - Ճանիք/Ճենիք - in medieval Armenian, Tzannoi in medieval Greek). The Tzans[3] were a tribe that once inhabited a mountainous region to the south of Trebizond. They postulate that the tradition of the Chinese origin arose out of the similarity of the name Chanik to the Armenian word for China, Chen-k."

[Thai-Samurai]

Re: Vartan Mamikonian was Chinese ??

I wish Vartan Mamikonian was chinese.

[MrLeftyHye]

Re: Vartan Mamikonian was Chinese ??

I wish Vartan Mamikonian was chinese.

Why do you wish that he was Chinese?

[TomServo]

Re: Vartan Mamikonian was Chinese ??

He has Yellow Fever (an Asian fetish).

[Thai-Samurai]

Re: Vartan Mamikonian was Chinese ??

no, just imagine how cool it would be.

[MrLeftyHye]

Re: Vartan Mamikonian was Chinese ??

no, just imagine how cool it would be.

Wouldnt it be cool if we were all Chinese. What if we all looked like this:

[IAY]

Re: Vartan Mamikonian was Chinese ??

Wouldnt it be cool if we were all Chinese. What if we all looked like this:

HEY... Google 'chinese man with beard' GET THE SAME

...not that creative....

[MrLeftyHye]

Re: Vartan Mamikonian was Chinese ??

HEY... Google 'chinese man with beard' GET THE SAME

...not that creative....

Who said I was trying to be creative LOL. I just put up a random pic.

[Lion1700]

Re: Vartan Mamikonian was Chinese ??

I was reading about Saint Vartan Mamikonian and it mentioned that the Mamikonian family were actually descendants of Chinese emperors of the Han Dynasty.

Is that true?

Vartan Mamikonian's family was Chinese? I am shocked and confused.

Եթե հնարավոր է խոսել հայերեն…

Վարդան Մամիկոնյան ամենևին էլ չինացի չէ: Այդ սխալ կարծիքը առաջ է եկել աղբյուրներում հիշատակվող “Ճեն” բառը որպես “Չին” սխալ մեկնաբանելուց…

Մանրամասներն ու հիմնավորումները, եթե կհեըաքրքրի - հետո

[ArmSurvival]

Re: Vartan Mamikonian was Chinese ??

I have heard the Chinese theory, I don't think its very credible. Its based too much on vague word associations, which is not an accurate way of going about this business. If you play enough with words, you can probably link South Africans to ancient Sumerian tribes.

I have heard that the Mamikonian house had Parthian origins (like Gregory the Illuminator). It is also possible he was from Pontus, seeing as its right next door to Armenia.