Site of Yongan activities of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

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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