Reasons for the Rise of the Boxer Rebellion and Its Historical Significance
The Boxer Rebellion is a spontaneous anti-imperialist patriotic movement with farmers in the north as the main body, which happened at the turn of the 20th century from 65438 to 2009. It shook China and the world at that time, and embodied the national anti-Japanese spirit that our people would not yield to imperialism. The Boxer Rebellion is an important part of China people's anti-imperialist revolutionary struggle in modern times. The Boxer Rebellion, formerly known as the Boxer Rebellion, is a branch of Anbailism, mainly engaged in secret activities in western Shandong. The basic masses of the Boxer Rebellion are farmers and small-scale craftsmen. Its activities were banned and suppressed by the Qing government. After 1898, the Boxer was renamed the Boxer. They pointed their finger at imperialism and concentrated their efforts on attacking the invading troops of foreign churches. 1900 13 In June, the Boxer Rebellion kicked off and developed rapidly, which quickly set off an anti-imperialist patriotic movement that swept across northern China and shocked the world. The outbreak of the Boxer Rebellion is the continuation and summary of China people's struggle against foreign religions since 1960s. /kloc-Since the 20th century, with the expansion of foreign powers to China, religion has become an important tool for their cultural aggression. The influx of foreign missionaries into China has become a special force in China society. As the missionaries became more and more overbearing, the people's resistance became stronger and stronger. After the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, imperialism stepped up its occupation of China's coastal military port, went deep into the mainland to plunder the rights and interests of railways and mines, and attempted to carve up China. The activities of foreign missionaries are becoming more and more rampant. They took in local tyrants, evil gentry and hooligans as parishioners, occupied the land and oppressed the people. Officials in the Qing Dynasty succumbed to imperialist pressure, sheltered priests and parishioners and suppressed the people. Ordinary people joined the boxer movement in order to protect their lives and property. The grassroots organization of the Boxer Rebellion is "altar", with 25 people in each altar and one altar owner. Anyone who enters the altar must burn incense and swear, and strictly abide by the commandment of "not disturbing the people and not greedy for money". They put forward the slogan of "helping the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreign countries" and hated the railways, ships, foreign goods and churches brought by foreign aggression. When they see these, they will destroy them soon. With the growing momentum of the anti-imperialist struggle of the Boxer Rebellion, imperialism is very alert, constantly urging the Qing government to take measures to suppress the Boxer Rebellion, and openly interfering in the internal affairs of the Qing government, ordering the Qing government to send Yuan Shikai to Shandong to suppress the Boxer Rebellion. Then, imperialism formed Eight-Nation Alliance to invade China and suppress the revolutionary movement of China people. In order to defend national independence, the Boxer Rebellion dealt a heavy blow to the invaders. However, due to the disparity between the enemy and ourselves, the boxer movement failed under the joint suppression of the Qing government and imperialism.