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Pages in category "Chinese secret societies" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. ... Hui (secret society) J. Jindandao incident; K. Kongsi; L.
Hongmen seal, 19th century Amoy [1] Hongmen seal, 19th century Guangdong. The Tiandihui, the Heaven and Earth Society, also called Hongmen (the Vast Family), is a Chinese fraternal organization and historically a secretive folk religious sect in the vein of the Ming loyalist White Lotus Sect, the Tiandihui's ancestral organization. [2]
Gradually, Chinese secret societies turned to the illegal drug trade and extortion for income. [9] In mainland China, there are of two major types of "mainland Chinese criminal organizations": loosely-organized "dark forces" (黑恶势力; Hēi è shìlì) and more mature "black societies" (黑社会; Hēishèhuì). Two features which ...
The Hai San Society (Chinese: 海山公司; pinyin: Hǎi Shān Gōng Sī; Jyutping: Hoi 2 Saan 1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hái-san; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Hói-sân), which had its origins in Southern China, [1] was a Penang-based Chinese secret society established around 1820 and in 1825 led by Low, Ah Chong [2] and Hoh Akow (also spelt Ho Ah Kow or Hok Ah ...
The Chee Kung Tong (Chinese: 致公堂; Jyutping: zi3 gung1 tong4), or Gee Kung Tong, was a Chinese secret society established in 1880 and holds an active presence still. In earlier years, the society has also been recognized as the "Chinese Masons" and has been identified under various names such as Hongmen ( Chinese : 洪門 ), Hongshuntang ...
Captured Boxer fighters during the Boxer Rebellion in Tianjin (1901). The Boxers, officially known as the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists (traditional Chinese: 義和拳; simplified Chinese: 义和拳; pinyin: Yìhéquán; Wade–Giles: I 4-ho 2-ch'üan 2) among other names, were a Chinese secret society based in Northern China that carried out the Boxer Rebellion from 1899 to 1901.
The Yellow Sand Society [a] (Chinese: 黃沙會; Wade–Giles: Huang Sha Hui), [4] also known as Yellow Way Society (Chinese: 黃道會; Wade–Giles: Huang Tao Hui), [5] and Yellow Gate Society (Chinese: 黃門會; Wade–Giles: Huang Men Hui), [6] was a rural secret society and folk religious sect in northern China during the 19th and 20th century.
The Jindandao incident was a rebellion by a Han Chinese secret society called Jindandao (金 丹 道), who rose in revolt in Inner Mongolia in November 1891 and genocidally massacred 150,000–500,000 Mongols before being suppressed by government troops in late December.