1851 revolt against Qing rule by the God Worshipping Society; start of the Taiping Rebellion
Jintian Uprising
Part of the Taiping Rebellion
The Jintian Uprising Site in the village of Jintian in Jintian Town, Guiping is where Hong Xiuquan and his followers officially launched the Jintian Uprising.
Date
11 January 1851
Location
Jintian, Guiping, Guangxi, China
Result
Taiping victory
Beginning of the Taiping Rebellion
Belligerents
Qing dynasty
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Zhou Fengqi Li Dianyuan Iktambu †
Hong Xiuquan
Strength
7,000+
20,000+
Casualties and losses
1,000+
Unknown
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Jintian Uprising
Traditional Chinese
金田起義
Simplified Chinese
金田起义
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Jīntián Qǐyì
The Jintian Uprising was an armed revolt formally declared by Hong Xiuquan, founder and leader of the Emperor Worshippers, on 11 January 1851 during the late Qing dynasty of China.[1] The uprising was named after the rebel base in Jintian, a town in Guangxi within present-day Guiping. It marked the beginning of the Taiping Rebellion.
^Michael, F.H. and C.-l. Chang. The Taiping Rebellion : History and Documents, Volume 1: History. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1966. p.91
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