Site of Yongan activities of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

National key cultural relics protection units. It is located in the urban area of Mengshan county (yonganzhou in ancient times), beside 321 national highway, 143 kilometers away from Guilin city. In 1851, after the Jintian uprising in Guiping, the Taiping Army led by Hong Xiuquan captured Yongan, the first state city. The Taiping army stayed in Yong'an Prefecture for half a year. They started a new dynasty here, enfeoffed kings, formulated political, military, economic, cultural and other systems, smashed dozens of armed encirclement and suppression and tight economic blockade by the Qing army, and achieved brilliant victory. As a result, Yongan Prefecture left 26 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sites and more than 1500 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cultural relics. This is the place where the most authentic cultural relics of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are stored. It is an ideal holy land for Chinese and foreign scholars to visit, investigate and visit the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The former site of Yongan activities of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has prominent historical and cultural landscape features and concentrated distribution. Centered on the site of the heavenly Dynasty (now the seat of the people's Government of Mengshan county), it is surrounded by the ancient city wall of yonganzhou. The ancient city wall was built in 1477 A.D. with a circumference of 248 meters, a height of 5 meters and a thickness of 2 meters. The existing city wall was restored during the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, and the word "Daoguang" can be seen clearly on the brick wall. When the Taiping army attacked the city in those years, it adopted the tactics of attacking the West from the East. It ascended the city from the southwest corner of the city and conquered the city of Yong'an at one stroke. It won the first victory of occupying the city since the Jintian uprising. From September 1851 to April 1852, Hong Xiuquan, the king of heaven, issued six imperial edicts under the magnolia tree in front of the Wu Temple, enfeoffing the five kings of East, West, South, North and wing. Around the city, there are East, West, North and South Fort. The East Fort is located in wuwangling, about 500 meters east of the city, the South Fort is located in dajiaoling, about 500 meters south of the city, the West Fort is located in tuanguanling, half of Huali in the west of the city, and the North Fort is located in Hongmiao (today's Education Bureau Farm), 500 meters north of the city. The four fortresses, which were closely linked in momentum, were the defensive fortifications for the confrontation between the Taiping Army and the Qing army after they occupied the city. At present, there is only one ancient gun with a broken head in the exhibition hall. Exhibition hall of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Cultural Relics: there are more than 1500 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cultural relics in the exhibition hall. There are ancient weapons such as shields, cannons, sickles, knives, trigemines, bullets, and Penny guns, as well as the skull of Wujiang, the then magistrate of Yongan Prefecture, unearthed from the earth pit of Jujing, which is of great archaeological value. Wu Temple: it was built in 1645 and rebuilt in 1866. It covers an area of about 302 square meters. It is composed of four parts: the main hall, the patio, the front door and the East and West Wing rooms. The brick, wood and glazed tile structure is famous for the East Palace, which was an important place for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom leaders to discuss military affairs. Zhongyingling holy Treasury: it is located on zhongyingling nine kilometers south of the city. Two walls were built inside the holy Treasury, with four doors for each. Houses were built inside, troops were stationed in the outer layer, and grain and various war equipment were stored in the inner layer to store grain holy Treasury for the Taiping army. The holy treasury system is an important economic system formulated by the Taiping Army in Yong'an Prefecture. It provides economic and material support for the establishment and consolidation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's revolutionary regime. At the same time, it plays an extremely important role in uniting the Taiping Army and improving the combat effectiveness of the army.

Site of Yongan activities of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

The site of the Yongan activities of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Mengshan county is located in Guangxi (formerly known as yonganzhou) city, 321 National Road, 143 kilometers away from Guilin. The former site of Yongan activities of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is centered on the site of the heavenly Dynasty (now the seat of the people's Government of Mengshan county), surrounded by the ancient city wall of yonganzhou.

Outline the perimeter of the city

The ancient city wall was built in 1477 ad, 248 meters high, 5 meters high and 2 meters thick. The existing city wall was restored during the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, and the word "Daoguang" can be seen clearly on the brick wall. There are East, West, North and South fortresses around the city. The East fortress is located at wuwangling, about 500 meters east of the city, the South fortress is located at dajiaoling, about 500 meters south of the city, the West fortress is located at tuanguanling, half of Huali in the west of the city, and the North fortress is located at Hongmiao (now the farm of the Education Bureau) 500 meters north of the city. The former site includes: Exhibition Hall of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cultural relics, Wu Temple and zhongyingling holy Treasury. There are more than 1500 cultural relics of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the exhibition hall. There are ancient weapons such as shields, cannons, sickles, knives, trigemines, bullets, and Penny guns, as well as the skull of Wujiang, the then magistrate of Yongan Prefecture, unearthed from the earth pit of Jujing, which is of great archaeological value. Wu Temple was built in 1645 and rebuilt in 1866. It covers an area of 302 square meters. It is composed of four parts: the main hall, the courtyard, the front door and the East and West Wing rooms. It is of brick, wood and glazed tile structure. It was an important place for the leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to discuss military affairs. Zhongyingling holy Treasury is located on zhongyingling nine kilometers south of the city. Two walls were built inside the holy Treasury, with four doors for each. Houses were built inside, troops were stationed in the outer layer, and grain and various war equipment were stored in the inner layer to store grain holy Treasury for the Taiping army.

Historical review

In 1851, the Taiping Army led by Hong Xiuquan revolted in Jintian, Guiping. On September 25, 1851, the Taiping army captured Yongan prefecture (now Mengshan county), Guangxi, and won the first victory since the Jintian uprising. On December 17, 1851, Hong Xiuquan regarded Yong'an Prefecture yamen as the "heavenly Dynasty" of the Taiping army. The "heavenly Dynasty" is the place to handle the affairs of the kingdom of heaven. Here, Hong Xiuquan was canonized as the five kings of the East, West, South, North and wing. He issued the calendar and various military and political systems, and named the year of xinkaiyuan in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. At the same time, the Taiping Army formulated and implemented the tiantiaoshu, which respected women. At this point, a peasant revolutionary regime against the Qing Dynasty was born. On April 5, 1852, the Taiping army broke through from Yong'an and went north.

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