In the 1920s, China was still in a turbulent period. Warlords are everywhere, and fish and dragons are mixed. As the saying goes, "heroes emerge from chaos", and many well-known characters have been born in such an era background. Among them are some gangsters. There has never been a lack of gangsters in the history of the world. But what can achieve such a large scale as Hongmen is unique.
Hongmen is a gang that has existed in China for more than 300 years, this gang is not organized at will, the predecessor of Hongmen is the anti-Qing and restoration of the "Heaven and Earth Society", is an underground secret organization in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, originated from the "Han Liu", through the Nanming Dongning general system to make Chen Jinnan vigorously develop, its founder is Chen Jinnan. Therefore, Chen Jinnan was revered as the founder of Hongmen.
The main purpose of the gang was to resist the persecution rule of the Manchu Qing and restore the Han People. Later, we know that even the Qing Dynasty officially declared its demise after Puyi announced its abdication in 1912, and the Heaven and Earth Society naturally had no need to exist, and later turned into an underground mysterious organization.
Hongmen is a well-organized organization, for example, in the position, the position of the leader, the sitting hall, the executive hall, the confidant, the patrol to the old man's member position. One of the biggest natures is the "dragon head". The organization of Hongmen is divided into eight inner churches and eight outer churches. The Inner and Outer Eight Halls are under the control of the Dragon Head, so they are also called mountain lords, who are the people who have full authority to help the people.
The Hongmen Mountain Lords of the past generations are all figures with heads and faces, not simple "jianghu gangsters" who can be simply described. Hongmen adheres to the spirit of "loyalty and chivalry" and the purpose of "patriotic protection of the people". And the Dragon Head Mountain Lord of Hongmen is also like the famous hero in the story. In modern history, the most famous dragon head mountain lord of Hongmen is probably Situ Meitang.
Situ Meitang was born in 1868, a native of Kaiping, Guangdong. He once went to a private school and worked as a handyman in the county town, but Situ Meitang's vision was very high. In 1880, at the age of 12, Situ Meitang took the 50 yuan borrowed by his mother and took a ship to the United States to make a living.
In a foreign country, it is always necessary to know how to report to the group for warmth, moreover, at that time, the American society also set off a wave of "anti-Chinese" trends, and Situ Meitang was not less bullied when he first arrived. In 1885, at the age of 17, Situ Meitang joined the "Hongmen Zhigongtang". Began his legendary journey.
In 1904, Situ Meitang had been working in the United States for more than twenty years, and he used his influence to create the Hongmen branch "An Liang Tang", and developed his influence in more than 30 cities in the United States, with more than 20,000 members. Dr. Sun Yat-sen went to the United States to declare that his activities were, so he lived in Situ Meitang's house for 5 months, and the two established a deep friendship.
In 1931, Japan launched the "918 Incident" to invade the three northeastern provinces of China, and after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Situ Meitang repeatedly launched fundraising to support the domestic War of Resistance.
He is a gangster and a hero who supports the War of Resistance. On the occasion of the founding of New China in 1949, Situ Meitang was invited to participate in the founding ceremony. The old man with the "big white beard" must have impressed everyone, right?
On July 28, 1992, Hongmen held the 3rd General Assembly of Sincere Relatives in the United States, and President Li Zhipeng announced the establishment of the World Hongmen Association, which was based in Honolulu, USA. Today, Hongmen is the world's largest gang organization, with a total of 900,000 members. But no matter how Hongmen develops in the future, situ Meitang's name will certainly be remembered by everyone, because he is a hero who has made outstanding contributions to the nation.