During the Guangxu period at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Boxer Rebellion surged and a banner of the Qing Dynasty appeared in Tianjin, "Red Light Illumination". When Qing Dynasty officials saw that they wanted to get off the car and take off their hats, some of the invading troops fled in fear when they saw the red lanterns at night, fearing that they would encounter the "red light."
The "Red Lantern Illumination", also known as the "Red Lantern Shade", was a girl scout army in the Boxer Rebellion, whose members were the families of girls aged thirteen to seventeen or eighteen. They wore red square paws on their heads, red lights in their left hands, a red scarf in their right hand, a beige folding fan, and sometimes a machete, and looked at them in the distance, like a mortal fairy.
The "Red Light Illumination" girl organization originated from Shandong Yihe Fist. At that time, there was a Leader of the Yihe Fist called The Scarlet Lantern, who led the Shandong Yihe Fist to burn the church and kill the foreign devils, "Fu Qing extinguished the Yang" was very famous, but unfortunately was killed by the Qing court in 1899.
From the recent history records, after the death of the scarlet lantern, the Yellow Lotus Virgin, Cui Yunniang organized the red light illumination. They held high the banner of the vermilion lantern Yihe Fist and continued to support the Qing Dynasty. But what are the last names of the two girls? There is no way to verify what the name is.
However, Cuiyunniang's reputation for killing foreign devils and her indomitable reputation has been widely circulated. CuiyunNiang is dressed in red as a symbol, red turban, red leg wrap, red belt, red pants, a temperament of wind and fire, a radiant posture, and she is angry when she sees foreigners.
Speaking of why Cui YunNiang established the "Red Light Illumination" organization? It all started with a special experience she had. Cuiyun Niang was originally a girl who learned martial arts since childhood, innocent and lively, when she was seventeen or eighteen years old, she went south with her father and son to break into the north, dancing knives and guns, making some small money, trying to feed herself.
Once, the father and daughter were selling art on Shanghai Beach, which was a paradise for adventurers and a paradise for foreigners. As soon as the father and daughter got on the scene, the foreigners came to make trouble, and Cuiyunniang's father bumped into the foreigners a few words, and the foreigners arrested Cuiyunniang's father and put him in the patrol room.
Cui Yunniang's flesh and blood were fanggang, and she went straight into the patrol room to evaluate. There was a sign outside the concession that read, "Chinese are not allowed to enter," blocking the way. Faced with the muzzle of the patrol, Cui Yunniang had to find a friend to fund the jianghu, and it was difficult to make up enough to get the insurance premium before redeeming her father.
After experiencing this incident, Cui Yunniang hated the foreigners to the bone, and it happened that the Boxer Rebellion arose in Tianjin. The men of the Boxer Rebellion shouted shirtlessly the songs of "Fu Qing and Destroy the Yang", "Sing a group of disciples in the world, and peach blossoms are born in one place", and "The brothers and sisters of each regiment are one family no matter where they are". Cui Yunniang was moved.
Cui Yunniang consulted with her father, "Men can participate in The Boxer, why can't women?" The father was very interested in his daughter's suggestion, "My daughter is no worse than a boy with your martial arts, so you should try it." "The Boxer leader saw that she was very skilled, so he accepted him.
With the help of the leader of the Boxer Rebellion, Cui Yunniang borrowed the name of the vermilion lantern and set up the "Red Lantern Illumination" organization, which recruited little girls, and soon formed a powerful lineup led by the Yellow Lotus Virgin and Cui Yunniang. "Master sister, second master sister, play with the knife as fast as flying." Red light to the organization to cooperate with the Boxers, inquire into military intelligence, do medical treatment, burn the Yang Church, kill the bad foreigners... The Red Light Illumination Organization is active in major battlefields.
According to relevant records, during the heyday of the Boxer Rebellion, foreigners saw girls dressed in red during the day, and they avoided them far away, and officials at all levels in the Qing Dynasty and girls who saw red lights also had to get off the car and take off their hats. In 1900, the Eight-Power Alliance invaded Beijing, China, and some invading troops fled in fear when they saw red lanterns at night, afraid of encountering "red lights."
Unfortunately, all the members of the "Red Light" organization in Beijing were killed in the city of Beijing. The Eight-Power Coalition hates the "red light" to the bone marrow. Whoever participates in the red lighting of the family curses his family and kills his people, and at that stage the aggressors will kill those who wear red clothes.
Under the influence of the Tianjin "Red Lantern Illumination" organization headed by Cui Yunniang, elderly women engaged in "black illumination", middle-aged women engaged in "black illumination", and widows engaged in "green illumination" that was not bullied. They were very active in the Boxer Rebellion.
The "red light" located on the outskirts of Tianjin and Beijing also posted 25 articles of apology, announcing the abolition of unequal treaties, and the compensation of China for huge war losses.
Unfortunately, the Boxers were jointly strangled by Chinese and foreign forces, and tianjin was also killed at the red light. According to legend, Cui Yunniang did not die in battle, and later she specifically assassinated those traitors who sought glory, but these facts cannot be verified.
In any case, the "Red Light Illumination" organization headed by Cui Yunniang did not let the eyebrows be raised on the battlefield against the invaders. That red lantern is immortal in the annals of Modern Chinese History, and let us pay tribute to these unsung heroes.