Long-Term Consequences of Taiping Rebellion

Long-term Consequences of Taiping Rebellion

Chinese history is rich with the conquests that took place over the time because of the war fares conducted within the region by the politicians. Among different wartime that was noted in the history of China, the Great Taiping Rebellion was the swiftest yet unforgettable movement. The determinant of the Taiping Rebellion is noted to be the opium war that had great effect over the southernmost parts of China. The civil war of Taiping Rebellion has some of the most intense social, political, and economic effects on China. This paper broadly discusses the effects of Taiping Rebellion that had been noted and still being observed in China. Moreover, this paper will allow the readers to understand the effects of Taiping Rebellion civil war in terms of positive effect and negative effect over the Chinese society.

Before understanding the long-term effects of the Taiping Rebellion civil war, it is most important to note the consequences of the Taiping civil war and its origin. It should be noted that the era of the Taiping Rebellion civil war is noted to be from 1846 to 1848. It should be noted that the Taiping civil war lasted for a considerable time that ultimately led to the death of more than twenty million lives. By noting the consequences, the biggest social effect that was observed during the war was the weakening of Qing Dynasty that had a period of its strong renounce for 250 years in China .

It should be noted that whenever researcher studied the effects of the Taiping Rebellion, they surely pointed out the political framework of China that was disturbed by it. Chinese government has always made sure that the Chinese nation would adhere to the norms and values of the Chinese culture. It is because of this reason that every governmental policy of was greatly dedicated to meet the criteria of the cultural norms. Just because of the Taiping rebellion, singing and praying differently led to influence the mass culture of singing within the region. This greatly worked as an element working against the laws and values of Chinese government. It can also be said that the Taiping Rebellion has affected the cultural teachings of China. In other words, it can also be said that the government of China was pushed towards the modern world .

The Taiping war was not among same races but two different religions. Because of the opium war, the cultural liberty in China was never safeguarded and it was for this reason that the leader of the rebellion Hong Xiuquan who was a Christian stood against the Qing Dynasty. It was the effect of this war that people came into knowledge of practicing their religion and values and stood firm for them. There has always been a criticism that has been posed against Hong Xiuquan that it was his intuition that he was younger brother of Jesus. Based upon the intuition