Xiang (place)
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Xiang was a place in Guangxi
province where there was an idol to Gan. Feeling that Gan was an embodiment of immorality and other evils, Hong Xiuquan
, Lu Liu and Feng Yunshan
destroyed the idol and desecrated the temple to Gan in the 1840s.
Xiang later became one of the early bases of the Taiping
.
Guangxi
Guangxi, formerly romanized Kwangsi, is a province of southern China along its border with Vietnam. In 1958, it became the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, a region with special privileges created specifically for the Zhuang people.Guangxi's location, in...
province where there was an idol to Gan. Feeling that Gan was an embodiment of immorality and other evils, Hong Xiuquan
Hong Xiuquan
Hong Xiuquan , born Hong Renkun, style name Huoxiu , was a Hakka Chinese who led the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing Dynasty, establishing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom over varying portions of southern China, with himself as the "Heavenly King" and self-proclaimed brother of Jesus Christ.-Early...
, Lu Liu and Feng Yunshan
Feng Yunshan
Feng Yunshan was an important leader during the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing government 1850–1864. Feng was a companion of Hong Xiuquan from the very earliest days of the rebellion. Feng was the founder of the "God Worshipers" during the 1840s. This was the very first form the Taiping...
destroyed the idol and desecrated the temple to Gan in the 1840s.
Xiang later became one of the early bases of the Taiping
Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion was a widespread civil war in southern China from 1850 to 1864, led by heterodox Christian convert Hong Xiuquan, who, having received visions, maintained that he was the younger brother of Jesus Christ, against the ruling Manchu-led Qing Dynasty...
.