The taiping heavenly kingdom in 1851 to 1864, was led by hong xiuquan, ground in people’s armed uprising.
The Taiping Rebellion was a peasant uprising that occurred during the Qing Dynasty in China, and the peasant uprising of the Taiping Rebellion was huge and dealt a heavy blow to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.So when exactly did the Taiping Rebellion take place?Let’s find out together.
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The Taiping Kingdom, which lasted 14 years, reached the pinnacle of the old-style peasant war and was an unprecedented peasant uprising in world history.
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Before the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising, Hong Xiuquan intended to take “Taiping” as his goal. In January 1851, more than 20000 soldiers of the Taiping Army gathered in Jintian and formally launched an uprising, known as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
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Because the Qing Dynasty promoted shaving and changing clothes, the soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not shave their hair or tie braids. All of them were shaved, so the Taiping Army was also called “long hair”.
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On January 11, 1851, it was Hong Xiuquan’s birthday. Believers of the God-worshiping congregation, about 20,000 people “wished longevity” in Jintian Village, and later generations designated this day as the anniversary of Jintian uprising.
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On December 21, 1863, all the fortresses outside Tianjing were lost. Hong Xiuquan died of illness many days later. On July 19, 1864, Tianjing was captured by the Qing army.
