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When one has wish for love, he goes to the famous Love-Temple for pray. It's said that the successful rate there is high.
For the first visit you have to pay for gift for God.
How to pray: in front of the God (an old guy called the old under the moon) you have to let him know, your name, birthday, age, address and wish. After the whole praying process, you will get one red-strip as charm, just put it in your wallet.
How to make God help you more:
1)go to pray as often as you can, then the God will know you more.
2) go to pray on the God's birthday, according to lunar calender on the August 15 (full-moon festival)
Wish you guys good luck for love :-) Leave a Comment Phone: +886 2 27652046Website: http://stweb.jcjh.tp.edu.tw/shahai/3thetemple/3index.htm Other Contact: No. 61, Sec. 1, Di-Hua street, T
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| | | | The Wuch'ang Uprising | Tip Rating: | | | | |
After the the 72 Revolutionary Martyrs of Huanghuakang
righteously and courageously went to their death ,
revolutionary sentiments swelled across the land,
gaining power and momentum with each passing day.
Supporters of the movement spread word through the
Yangtze River basin area to coordinate its uprising with the New Army.
At this same time, the Ch'ing government was attempting to
nationalize the private railways, a move which brought universal
protest from the people. And when the court ordered its troops to
summarily execute those who disobeyed, popular rage was stirred
to new heights. Feeling that the moment was ripe,
the Wuch'ang New Army began to move, entreating Huang Hsing to instigate
rebellion in Hupei. The plot failed, however,
leading to the arrest of some of the martyrs and seizure of party name lists.
When the New Army heard of this news, there was no turning back,
so it spearheaded the revolution on October 10.
Tsai Chi-min led the public in a bombardment of the
Mancho Viceroy's office. When Viceroy Jui-cheng and
Commander Chang Piao heard the sound of gunfire,
they disappeared without a trace. Without their Commander,
the Ch'ing troops fell into disorder allowing the New Army to
completely occupy the three city Wuhan area within a few days.
Hunan, Kwangtung, Kwangsi, and five other provinces joined in revolt,
and before a month had passed more than 10 provinces
had been liberated by the revolutionary army.
The Ch'ing government was overthrown soon after and
Asia's first democracy was founded(The Republic of China. Leave a Comment Website: http://www.gio.gov.tw/
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| | | | Wuchang Uprising (Wikipedia version)cont. | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Sun Yat-sen himself had no direct part in the uprising and was traveling
in the United States at the time in an effort to recruit more support from
among overseas Chinese. He found out about the uprising by
reading a newspaper report.
A sense of the Qing dynasty's having lost the mandate of heaven may have
contributed to the revolt. Evidence of the loss of the mandate of heaven,
in China, often constitutes of natural disasters, such as fires and floods.
The Yangtze overflowed its banks in 1911, and the revolting troops were
situated near that river. Such a flood would have had a profound psychological
impact on any government officials, rebels, peasants, and other Chinese in the vicinity,
and the flood was a notable disaster, with 100,000 fatalities.
The Qing government, led by the regent, 2nd Prince Chun, failed to respond
for a crucial few weeks. This gave the revolutionaries time to declare a provisional
government. Other provincial assemblies then joined the revolutionaries.
Within a month, representatives of the seceding provinces had met to
declare a Republic of China. A compromise between the conservative gentry
and the revolutionaries saw Sun Yat-sen chosen as provisional president.
In Taiwan, the date of the uprising, October 10,
is celebrated as a national holiday known as Double Tenth Day. Leave a Comment
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| | | | Wuchang Uprising (Wikipedia version) | Tip Rating: | | | | |
The Wuchang Uprising (武昌起ņ81;, pinyin: Wǔchāng Qǐyì) of October 10, 1911,
started the Xinhai Revolution,
which triggered the collapse of the Qing Dynasty
and establishment of the Republic of China (ROC).
Sun Yat-sen's statue standing at the "First Uprising Plaza" of Wuhan,
in front of the office building of the Hubei military government of ROC,
the organization of revolutionaries established one day later after
the uprising.
In 1900, the ruling Qing Dynasty decided to create a modernized army,
called the "New Army". At the time, the city of Wuchang, on the Yangtze River
in the province of Hubei, had the most modernized military industry,
so it became the site where weapons and other military equipment for the
New Army was manufactured. The revolutionary ideas of Sun Yat-sen
extensively influenced officers and soldiers of the New Army in Wuchang,
and many participated in revolutionary organizations.
The uprising itself broke out largely by accident. Revolutionaries intent on
overthrowing the Qing dynasty had built bombs and one accidentally exploded.
This led police to investigate, and they discovered lists of revolutionaries
within the New Army. At this point elements of the New Army revolted rather
than face arrest. The provincial government panicked and fled. Initially, the revolt was
considered to be merely the latest in a series of mutinies that had occurred
in southern China, and was widely expected to be quickly put down.
The fact that it had much larger implications was due to the fact that the
Qing dynasty delayed acting against the rebellion,
allowing provincial assemblies in many southern provinces to declare
independence from the Qing and declare allegiance to the rebellion. Leave a Comment Website: http://www.wanqingyuan.com.sg/english/index.html
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