Who started the Taiping Rebellion? What is its purpose? What is the main content? time?

The Taiping Rebellion was launched by Hong Xiuquan. It had many purposes, but the most direct purpose was to overthrow the rule of the Qing government. The time is from the first year of Xianfeng to the third year of Tongzhi (1851-1864) in the Qing Dynasty.

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After the Opium War, China began to become a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. Western powers relied on a series of unequal treaties such as the Treaty of Nanjing to invade China in all aspects of politics and economy. In order to pay up to 28 million yuan in war compensation and city redemption fees, and to make up for the financial deficit caused by the large-scale import of opium, the Qing government stepped up expropriation and expropriation. The peasants were hungry and cold, and they revolted one after another. Finally, at the end of the 30th year of Daoguang's reign, the riots led by Hong Xiuquan broke out. The massive Taiping Peasant Revolt.

In 1844 (the 24th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty), Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan preached in Guangxi and secretly carried out anti-Qing activities. In the summer of 1850, Hong Xiuquan issued a general mobilization order, calling on God-worshiping congregations from all over the country to "regiment camp" in Jintian Village, Guiping. On January 11, 1851, more than 20,000 people from Hong Xiuquan officially announced the uprising in Jintian Village, Guangxi, and established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. They formed the leadership core with Yang Xiuqing, Feng Yunshan, Xiao Chaogui, Wei Changhui, Shi Dakai, etc.

Jintian Uprising

After the rebels moved northward, they entered Hunan and Hubei from Guangxi. They occupied Nanjing in 1853, made it the capital, and renamed it Tianjing. Since then, there has been a long-term tug of war with the Qing government. In July 1864, Hong Xiuquan died of illness, and the Qing army captured Nanjing. The Taiping Rebellion was basically over, and the remaining troops continued to fight in various places until 1868.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Revolution was the largest peasant revolution in Chinese history. Starting from 1851, the Communist Party lasted for 14 years, and its power expanded to 17 provinces, effectively fighting the The feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty and foreign invasion promoted the collapse of feudal society, prevented the process of China's colonization, and left an extremely important page in Chinese history.