Because of the membership and the way of membership, its development is limited, and its scale cannot be compared with that of Hong Men. So there is a saying: "green gang is a line, and Hong Men is a big piece". Green gang, who was inclined to guild, didn't emphasize anti-Qing dynasty and restoring sight as Hong Men did, but he agreed with this idea to some extent and advocated "upholding justice for heaven".
Because green gang was not actively engaged in anti-Qing activities, Hong Men once regarded him as a traitor, and it was forbidden for Hong Men members to switch to green gang, saying that "from green gang to Hongbang, wearing red; From flood to clear, peeling cramps. " .
However, in order to avoid conflicts, the two factions still call it "Qinghong Family", and the so-called "red flowers, green leaves and white lotus roots" (referring to Hong Men, green gang and An Baili), the three religions are actually one. Especially in the late Qing Dynasty, many green gang disciples began to oppose the Qing Dynasty, and the hostility between the two factions gradually decreased.
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Heaven and Earth Society, one of the secret civil societies in Qing Dynasty. It is named after worshipping heaven as father and earth as mother. Also known as Hong Men? , commonly known as the red gang? . At present, there are several different opinions about the time of the establishment of the heaven and earth society, but there is no conclusion. At first, most of its members were small-scale craftsmen and traders transformed from farmers or bankrupt farmers? Transport workers and other vagrants with no fixed occupation along the land and water transportation.
In the future, the composition is more and more complex, but it is still dominated by the poor at the lower level. The slogan of Heaven and Earth Society is to fight against the Qing Dynasty, restore the sight, do justice for heaven and rob the rich to help the poor, which reflects the national concept of ordinary people at that time and the demand of opposing class oppression. Before the demise of the Qing Dynasty, it played a great historical role in the resistance of the Han people to the bullying and oppression of the Manchu people.
Green gang is a gang with a long history in China, also known as green gang and Ann green gang. Earlier, it was originally a secret association of guilds in the hands of water carriers in the Qing Dynasty. The original intention of association is to defend its own interests and confront the government. It was founded in the fifth to seventh years of Yongzheng (1727-1729). Previous disciples were all engaged in water transportation, so they were called grain boatmen. Across the country, quite a few people have joined the gang.
Legend originated from Luo religion, a folk religion in Ming Dynasty. Originally distributed in Beizhi, Shandong and other places, and later developed along the canal to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other regions. His disciples mainly carried grain in the ports along the canal, also known as grain boat gangs or grain gangs. Among them, there are two factions. One faction is the main gang, which is composed of Wenzhou and Taizhou people in eastern Zhejiang. One is the Hakka gang, which is composed of people from northern Anhui and Jiangbei. In the gang, there are different rules for polite gangs.
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