Was The Society Of Righteous And Harmonious Fists Or Yihquan?

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The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists or Yihquan was a secret group of people during the Qing Dynasty, many of whom were peasants, particularly from Shandong province. The province itself suffered from famines and floods, so the people of Shandong were in need of aid. But since China had given territorial and commercial concessions in this area to several European nations, this brought a contentious atmosphere and so Yihequan had a surge of participants . The boxer rebellion began in 1980 where the secret group, had begun carrying out regular attacks on Christian missionaries and Chinese Christians. These attacks spread to Beijing, where the movement destroyed churches and railroad stations which isolated Beijing .In June 20, 1900,

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