Pekingese ndi imodzi mwa mitundu yakale kwambiri padziko lapansi, yomwe imatsimikiziridwa ndi maphunziro a majini. Malinga ndi asayansi, agaluwa ali ndi zaka zosachepera 2000. Pali nthano yokongola yaku China, yakale kwambiri, mwina yocheperako kuposa mtundu wa Pekingese womwe.
Ndipo zikumveka motere: kamodzi mkango unagwa m’chikondi ndi nyani, koma mkango ndi waukulu, ndipo nyani ndi wamng’ono kwambiri. Mkango sunathe kugwirizana ndi mkhalidwe umenewu ndipo unayamba kupempha Buddha kuti amupangitse kukhala wamng'ono - woyenera kukula kwa nyani. Choncho, malinga ndi nthano, Pekingese anawonekera, omwe ali ndi kukula kochepa ndi mtima wa mkango.
M'mbiri yawo yonse, mpaka mfumu yomaliza ya China, a Pekingese anali okhawo omwe ali ndi udindo wa banja lachifumu. Palibe, ngakhale wolemekezeka kwambiri ku China, anali ndi ufulu wokhala ndi agalu awa. M'nyumba yachifumu, ankakhala padera, m'zipinda zapadera, anali otetezedwa mosamalitsa, komanso, anthu wamba ankaletsedwa ngakhale kuyang'ana agalu awa.