Gelaohui
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The Gelaohui, usually translated as the Elder Brothers Society, was a secret society and underground resistance movement against the Qing dynasty. Although it was not associated with Sun Yat-sen's Tongmenghui, they both participated in the Xinhai Revolution. It was also known as Futaubang, or Hatchet Gang, as every member allegedly carried a small hatchet inside the sleeve.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- Elder Brothers Society
- Organization.formation
- Qianlong period (one theory)
- Organization.founding_location
- Sichuan
- Organization.dissolved
- after 1949
- Organization.type
- Secret society
- Chinese.t
- 哥老會
- Chinese.s
- 哥老会
- Chinese.p
- Gēlǎohuì
- Chinese.child
- yes
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Same origin with Tiandihui
- Qianlong period
- Same as the Guoluhui
- Outgrowth of the integration and development of Tiandihui and Bailianjiao
- Developed from the Jianghuhui
- Xiang Army
- Originating from the Guoluhui in Sichuan
- Anti-colonial movement
- 1930s: years of decline
- Organization
- Ranks
- See also
- References
The Gelaohui, usually translated as the Elder Brothers Society, was a secret society and underground resistance movement against the Qing dynasty. Although it was not associated with Sun Yat-sen's Tongmenghui, they both participated in the Xinhai Revolution. It was also known as Futaubang, or Hatchet Gang, as every member allegedly carried a small hatchet inside the sleeve.
Li Hanzhang (), the governor of Hunan in the Qing dynasty, stated in the memorial that the Gelaohui "originated in Sichuan and Guizhou for a long time", the society engaged in several uprisings across China, notably in Hunan province during 1870 and 1871. Numerous individuals notable in late-19th and early-20th Chinese history (including Zhu De, Wu Yuzhang, Liu Zhidan and He Long) were Gelaohui members.
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