Taiping Rebellion

A map showing the extent of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

Headwear of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

​湖州市博物館藏清代太平軍鐵刀。湖州市區小河頭疏浚河道時出土。刀身爲鐵製，柄爲紫檀木，雕刻的主體紋飾爲“獅子繡球”和“龍鳳紋”，以回紋飾邊框。該鐵刀經鑑定是太平天國將領用過的遺物，工藝精美。

Headquarters of Taiping Uprising of 1850-1864, which left an estimated 20 million dead and nearly overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.

Headquarters of Taiping Uprising of 1850-1864, which left an estimated 20 million dead and nearly overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.

This is the American and British attack during the Battle of Muddy Flat, Shanghai China, 1854. This sketch takes place along the defense creek area of the Shanghai Foreign Concession area.

A scene of the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864

A scene of the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864

A scene of the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864

A scene of the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864

A scene of the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864

Scene of the Siege of Lianzhen, May 1854 - March 1855.The Qing army captured the rebel army after ten months of siege and captured the leader of the Taiping Northern Expedition Lin Feng-Xiang. From Ten scenes recording the retreat and defeat of the Taiping Northern Expeditionary Forces,February 1854-March 1855.

A scene of the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864

Chinese Anti-Christian work portraying Christians as monsters

"H.M.S. Hermes grounded 5th Dec: 1853 near Hu-tan-shan river, after chasing Pirates," and "Killing the Prisoners" Two original watercolours, heightened in white, 148 x 230 mm and 107 x 181 mm, mounted together on contemporary album leaf. The civil war in China - HMS Hermes.

A scene of the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864

A scene of the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864. River of China.

A scene of the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864

Engagement with the Tae-Ping Rebels at Nanking, By Her Majesty's Ships Furious, Retribution, Cruizer, Dove and Lee on the 20 November 1858, during their passage up the Yang-Tse-Kiang conveying... the Earl of Elgin...

TAIPING REBELLION – From a series of 10 watercolour paintings by an unidentified artist depicting British naval battles with Chinese Taiping Rebels., Zhenjiang, China, c.1853. British Warships attack Taiping-held villages and junks on the Yangtze River – one of a series of contemporary watercolours depicting the event in detail. A visual record of the joint-Chinese Imperial and British naval actions against Taiping rebels who had seized control of this strategic Yangtze River city only two months before. The civil war in China - HMS Hermes.

Field of Campaigns of the Ever-Victorious Army 1860-1864

Headquarters of Taiping Uprising of 1850-1864, which left an estimated 20 million dead and nearly overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com.

My original - Flag of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, later shortened[2] to Heavenly Kingdom or Heavenly Dynasty,[note 3] was an unrecognized oppositional state in China and Christian-Shenic theocratic absolute monarchy from 1851 to 1864, supporting the overthrow of the Qing dynasty by Hong Xiuquan and his followers. The unsuccessful war it waged against the Qing is known as the Taiping Rebellion. Its capital was at Tianjing (present-day Nanjing).

TAIPING REBELLION – From a series of 10 watercolour paintings by an unidentified artist depicting British naval battles with Chinese Taiping Rebels., Zhenjiang, China, c.1853. British Warships attack Taiping-held villages and junks on the Yangtze River – one of a series of contemporary watercolours depicting the event in detail. A visual record of the joint-Chinese Imperial and British naval actions against Taiping rebels who had seized control of this strategic Yangtze River city only two months before. The civil war in China - HMS Hermes.

"H.M.S. Hermes grounded 5th Dec: 1853 near Hu-tan-shan river, after chasing Pirates," and "Killing the Prisoners" Two original watercolours, heightened in white, 148 x 230 mm and 107 x 181 mm, mounted together on contemporary album leaf. The civil war in China - HMS Hermes.

Heavely king Hong Xiuquan's throne at Hong Xiuquan memorial hall in Nanjing.