Hong xiuquan war

 

  Early Life of Hong Xiuquan

 

 

Hong Xiuquan ( 洪秀全 ) was born in Guangdong Province in Huaxian county, Fuyuanshui Village ( (福源水村) Guangdong , 30 miles north of Guangzhou  ( Canton ) and later moved to  Guanlubu Village ( 官祿村), Guangdong in what is now the Huadu district in close to Guangzhou (Canton)  to a farming family, on January 1, 1814 .

( some early sources have his birth year listed as 1813, but this has been proven to be incorrect )  On the bicentenary of Hong's birthday in 2014 , a new Hong Xiuquan Memorial museum was opened at Hong Xiuquan's former residence, for more information, click here.

 

A reconstructed residence of Hong Xiuquan

at Guanlu village, Guangdong .

The original was destroyed by the Qing as was the village .

 

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 Hong Xiuquan Memorial Museum 2005

Guangdong Huadu 廣州花都

He had two elder brothers and two sisters . Ho