Shengping Social Science

Shengping Social Science

Shengping social school, located in Shijing Town, Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, is a ancestral hall building with three entrances and five passes. In 1842, in order to fight against the British army, the people of Sanyuanli united with nearly 100 villages in the northern suburbs to organize anti British volunteers and established Shengping social school. Soon after, it expanded to more than 300 people, and then established 13 Social schools such as Xihu and Shijing, forming a mass armed organization headed by Shengping social school to fight against foreign invading forces. In the former site of the school, there are some stone plaques, such as "unite as one city", "Qijing whale salamander", "Yiwei Sangzi" and "fence YONGGU".

History of Sociology

Guangzhou anti British mass organization in late Qing Dynasty. Social studies was a teaching institution set up in various villages in the Hongwu year of Ming Dynasty, and later became a place for gentry and senior officials to make peace.

In Guangdong, whenever something happened, the local gentry often used it to hold group training; in the later period, a few social schools were established for the purpose of local public security, which had lost the purpose of teaching. At the beginning of banning smoking in 1839, Guangdong coastal villages and towns held group training, some of which were in the name of social science. In May 1841 (April of the 21st year of Daoguang), the masses of Sanyuanli and Xiaogang in the northwest suburb of Guangzhou spontaneously armed themselves to fight against Britain. Many local sociological schools with the nature of League training appeared. By the 22nd year, there had been at least 13. They are Huaiqing, Liansheng, Zhongyong, Tongsheng, Xingren, Xihu and Shijing, Chengfeng, Tongfeng, Lianhu, Hefeng, Chunfeng, Tongwen. In the summer of that year, Li Fang and other people from Nanhai jointly petitioned to establish Shengping Society (or Shengping general society) in the moderate Shijing community, and to unite dozens of villages to practice self-defense. In the eyes of the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, the alliance of tuanlian not only strengthened the strength of confrontation with the invading army, but also controlled the people to "shift private interests to fight for justice". Therefore, Li Fang and other people's demands were quickly approved by the governor; after the performance, Emperor Daoguang gave encouragement and ordered all prefectures and counties to follow suit. The leaders of Shengping social school were mostly gentry; the league members were mainly farmers, in addition to handicraftsmen and shop assistants. At ordinary times, we should do our own work and perform it regularly; when we have something to do, we should defend the place or follow the instructions of the government. The funds were initially donated by the townships and then apportioned according to the real estate. The government only issued rations when they were dispatched. Although Shengping social science is called the head office, it does not have much binding force on its subordinate organizations. Soon after, he Youshu, a Panyu gentry, built another Shengping commune in Jiangcun, and Wang Shaoguang, a Hakka gentry, built another Dongping commune (or Dongping commune) in Yantang. Later, Nanping and Longping social schools and public offices were established in the southern suburbs of Guangzhou. Shexue, gongsuo and Gongshe are affiliated to the Deputy General of Guangzhou Association. They train the people individually, thousands less and tens of thousands more. As the British invasion intensified, the resistance of Guangzhou people became increasingly fierce.

Revolutionary struggle

Sociologists took part in the struggles of burning the foreign Pavilion in 1842, opposing the British Lease of land in the Henan area of Guangzhou in 1844, and opposing the British entering the city in 1846 and 1849. In the Qing Dynasty, Qi Ying, the imperial envoy and governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, refused the unreasonable demands of the British, and was supported by Sheng Ping sociology; when he was weak, especially when he allowed the British to enter the city, he opposed it. Because the action of social science obviously went beyond the scope allowed by the rulers, some officials were dissatisfied with it and thought about restraining it. From 1854 to 1855 (the fourth to fifth year of Xianfeng), the "red scarf army" led by Chen Kai and Li Wenmao revolted in the Pearl River Delta. Many former sociologists joined the uprising army, while the middle and upper levels of the former sociologists "retreated to protect themselves" and stopped the struggle. After that, the social science with the nature of tuanlian no longer appeared in the records.

Address: No.11, shengpingxia street, Shitan Road, Shijing street, Baiyun District, Guangzhou

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