The fundamental reason for the rise of the Boxer Rebellion is the intensification of imperialist aggression and the serious national crisis.
Boxer Movement: After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, China people spontaneously organized an anti-imperialist patriotic movement with farmers as the main body. The Boxer Rebellion originated from private secret associations such as Shandong Boxer Rebellion and Zhili Boxer Rebellion. 1898, the Boxer Rebellion in guanxian, Shandong Province raised the banner of the Boxer Rebellion for the first time, which started the Boxer Rebellion. With the slogan of "helping the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreign countries",
The main components are farmers, vagrants and stragglers. The rapid development of the Boxer Rebellion in northwest Shandong was suppressed by Yuan Shikai. The Qing government's attitude and policy towards the Boxer Rebellion changed from resolute repression to acquiescence and even support. The Boxer Rebellion finally failed under the suppression of the joint forces of China and foreign countries, but it fought bravely against Eight-Nation Alliance and dealt a heavy blow to the imperialism's ambition to carve up China.
Significance of the Boxer Rebellion: It showed the great strength of the China people, shattered the arrogant plan of the imperialist powers to carve up China, and accelerated the demise of the Qing government.
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The slogan of the boxer movement:
The first slogan is "anti-Qing and regaining sight", which was used in the early days of the Boxer Movement. From this slogan, we can see that the Boxer was born to resist the tyranny of the Qing government, and overthrowing the rule of the Qing government was the first priority of the Boxer in that period.
The second slogan is "Destroy foreign countries". With the development of society, imperialist powers began to launch a series of acts of aggression against China, and the goal of the Boxer Rebellion expanded from the pure Qing government to the Qing government and western powers.
The third slogan is "help the Qing dynasty to destroy the ocean." The contradiction between imperialism and the Chinese nation is getting worse and worse. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, China was carved up by imperialist powers. In order to stop the aggression of the imperialist powers, the Boxer Rebellion changed its goal again and agreed to stand on the United front with the Qing government to stop the aggression of the powers. It can be seen from this slogan that the Boxer Movement is a patriotic movement.
The Boxer Rebellion had a great influence on the national liberation movement in Asian countries. During the movement, there was a high degree of national liberation movement in Asia, and anti-imperialist struggles broke out in Korea, India, Turkey, the Philippines and other countries, among which the Boxer Rebellion was the largest and most influential.
The boxer movement raised people's consciousness and promoted the upsurge of the national revolution. Bourgeois Democrats and revolutionaries first denied the Boxers, and then gradually changed their views and turned to enthusiastic praise and high affirmation. The revolutionaries changed the attitude of the slightly injured farmers and asked them for support.
The Boxer Movement cleared some obstacles for the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911. The bourgeois revolutionaries also drew strength from it. The Boxer Rebellion provided experience and lessons for China people's struggle against imperialism and feudalism.
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