The significance and lessons of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement dealt a heavy blow to the decadent rule of the Qing Dynasty, accelerated the demise of the Qing Dynasty, and also dealt a blow to foreign invaders.
Lessons from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement: As representatives of small producers, the peasant class lacks the guidance of advanced theories and cannot undertake the heavy responsibility of leading the democratic revolution in China. The "one religion, one family" advocated by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom made its leaders not really realize the essence of a big country, and finally they were suppressed at home and abroad and fell into failure.
1844 (twenty-four years of Qing Daoguang), Hong Xiuquan and Feng Yunshan preached in Guangxi and secretly carried out anti-Qing activities. /kloc-in the summer of 0/850, Hong Xiuquan issued a general mobilization order, calling on all local believers to "organize a camp" in Jintian Village, Guiping. 185 1 year 1 month 1 1 day, Hong Xiuquan gathered more than 20,000 people in Jintian Village, Guangxi Province to formally declare the uprising and establish the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, with Yang, Feng Yunshan, Xiao Chaogui, Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai as the leading core.
Compared with previous peasant uprisings, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement had a different background (1): previous uprisings were mostly caused by land annexation and political dark natural disasters. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement added another layer of war reparations.
(2) The forms of uprisings are different: in the past, some uprisings used religion, but most of them were China's own religion. However, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's utilization of foreign religions has distinct characteristics of the times.
(3) The thoughts of the leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom have changed, especially the progressives represented by Hong boldly put forward a plan to develop capitalism, which went beyond the limitations of the peasant class to some extent.
(4) During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, he had contacts with foreigners. When western powers offered to support the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in exchange for national interests, they were rejected by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. These phenomena are impossible problems in previous peasant uprisings.
(5) The failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was the result of joint suppression by Chinese and foreign reactionary forces.
Subjectively, the reasons for the failure of the peasant revolution in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are as follows: First, the peasant class is not new but the representative of productive forces and relations of production. They can't overcome the inherent class limitations of small producers, so they can't fundamentally put forward a complete and correct political program and social reform plan. It is impossible to stop and overcome the growth of corruption in the leading group itself, nor can it maintain the unity of the leading group for a long time, which weakens the centripetal force and combat effectiveness of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Second, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom mobilized the masses with religious organizations, but worshipping God was not a scientific ideological theory. Not only did it not guide the war correctly, but it also brought harm to the peasant war.
Third, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom failed to treat Confucianism correctly.
Fourthly, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can't distinguish the invaders from the masses in western countries, and it still lacks a rational understanding of the western aggressors.
Objectively speaking, Chinese and foreign reactionary forces colluded to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.