First of all, a brief introduction.

1, the Boxer Rebellion refers to a peasant movement that took place in China at the end of 19 with the slogan of "helping the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreign countries", also known as the Boxer Rebellion, the Boxer Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion. This movement shattered the arrogant plan of the imperialist powers to carve up China, dealt a heavy blow to the reactionary rule of the Qing government and accelerated its demise.

2. At first, the Boxer Rebellion, like most secret groups in the Qing Dynasty at that time, opposed the Manchu rule and was suppressed with the slogan of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and regaining sight". With the development of China's modern situation, the conflict of western forces caused by imperialist aggression replaced the dispute between China and foreign countries, and the dispute between Manchu and Han became the main historical contradiction. The Boxer began to support the Qing Dynasty's resistance to the West and changed its name to "Tiger God Camp".

3. The slogan has also been changed to "help clear up and destroy the ocean" (first put forward by Sanduo Zhao in 1898). In the spring of Zhili 1900, with the western powers dividing up China's sphere of influence, frequent religious cases in North China, frequent natural disasters and intensified power struggle in the imperial court, thousands of farmers who practiced boxing and claimed to be Boxers set fire to churches and Christian houses.

In June of the same year, Empress Dowager Cixi allowed the Boxer Rebellion to enter Beijing, and the Boxer Rebellion attacked the Tianjin Concession before the Qing army. 190 1 year, the Qing government was forced to sign the "Xin Chou Treaty" with eight countries including Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain and 1 1 country.

Second, the direct cause

At the end of 1 and 19, the west forced the Qing court to relax its restrictions on western missionaries, and at the same time forced the Qing court to admit that missionaries had extraterritorial rights, thus trampling on China laws. Under the cover of extraterritoriality, not only the western clergy of the church were not under the jurisdiction of the Qing government, but also some China criminals escaped the punishment of the Qing court laws in the name of religion.

2. In the local area, Christian churches often have conflicts with local people in order to publicize the ideas of western powers. Protestants in China took advantage of the situation to oppress the local people, but the local government dared not oppose foreigners for fear of the extraterritoriality of the church, which eventually led to the rebellion of the local people and the outbreak of religious plans.

Third, social impact.

1. Although the climax of the Boxer Rebellion lasted only three months, it finally failed under the betrayal of the Qing government and the suppression of reactionary forces at home and abroad, but its great achievements are obvious to all. To sum up, its achievements are: it has prevented the imperialist powers from dividing up China and preserved China's centuries-old culture.

2. It prevented the possible imperialist war, promoted the awakening of the broad masses of people in China, and became "one of the cornerstones of the great victory of the people of China in fifty years". These achievements are mainly in China; However, some of them also involve the world and have world historical significance.