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The 1911 Revolution overthrew the Qing government and four thousand years of monarchy. [1] Throughout Chinese history, old dynasties had always been replaced by new dynasties. The 1911 Revolution, however, was the first to overthrow a monarchy completely and attempt to establish a republic to spread democratic ideas throughout China.
The Memorial Museum of 1911 Revolution (simplified Chinese: 辛亥革命纪念馆; traditional Chinese: 辛亥革命紀念館), [2] also known as Xinhai Revolution Memorial Hall, [3] is a Guangzhou-based [4] thematic memorial hall built to commemorate the Xinhai Revolution, with a total investment of RMB 319 million. [5]
The Xinhai Revolution Museum [2] (simplified Chinese: 辛亥革命博物馆; traditional Chinese: 辛亥革命博物館), fully named as Wuhan Xinhai Revolution Museum [3] (simplified Chinese: 武汉辛亥革命博物馆; traditional Chinese: 武漢辛亥革命博物館), also known as the Revolution of 1911 Museum, [4] 1911 Revolution Museum, [5] is a Wuhan-based [6] thematic museum built to ...
The Wuchang Uprising was an armed rebellion against the ruling Qing dynasty that took place in Wuchang (now Wuchang District of Wuhan) in the Chinese province of Hubei on 10 October 1911, beginning the Xinhai Revolution that successfully overthrew China's last imperial dynasty.
The Wuchang Uprising unfolded on October 10, 1911, and marked the beginning of the Xinhai Revolution.Turmoil in the frontier regions of China began to spread. [1]: 58–59 The revolutionaries led by Sun Yat-sen insisted on "getting rid of the Tartars" and rejected the Manchus, creating a new government based completely on Han-dominated China proper.
After the Chinese revolution, a cemetery was built on the mound with the names of those 72 revolutionary nationalists. They were commemorated as the "72 martyrs." [2] Some historians believe that the uprising was a direct cause of the Wuchang uprising, which eventually led to the Xinhai Revolution and the founding of the Republic of China.
The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789, during the French Revolution. Greek War of Independence, (1821–29), rebellion of Greeks within the Ottoman Empire, a struggle which resulted in the establishment of an independent Greece. This is a list of revolutions, rebellions, insurrections, and uprisings.
In 1945, after surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II, Taiwan and Penghu were placed under the control of the ROC. In Taiwan, the official celebration begins with the raising of the flag of the Republic of China in front of the Presidential Office Building , along with a public singing of the National Anthem of the Republic of China .