Historical background: Under the closed-door policy of the Qing Dynasty, only Guangzhou was allowed to open to the outside world; Guangdong was first impacted by western politics, economy and culture. Due to contact with western culture, a group of advanced Cantonese people have opened their eyes and actively devoted themselves to the road of saving the country and the people.
Guangdong, whose name evolved from Lingnan East Road and Guangnan East Road, is a coastal province at the southern tip of Chinese mainland. Lingnan had splendid Neolithic and Bronze Age civilizations in the pre-Qin period, and Lingnan was one of the cradles of Chinese civilization.
191110 After the Wuchang Uprising was successful, all provinces responded and declared independence. 192 1 In May, the government of the Republic of China was established, with Sun Yat-sen as the very big president.
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Looking back on modern history, whether it was the Sanyuanli anti-British incident in the First Opium War, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising by Hong Xiuquan, the Reform Movement by Kang Liang, or the Revolution of 1911 by Sun Yat-sen, it is hard to tell how many uprisings broke out and how many struggles were waged in Guangdong.
Almost every uprising or struggle has spread all over the country, with far-reaching influence, and some of them are even revolutionary. This is relatively rare in other provinces. Guangdong has always been the frontier of foreign trade in history, and even in the period of closed doors, it has always been closely linked with the outside world.
Because of this, Guangdong was the first to gain popularity, and it was the easiest and the first to be influenced by foreign ideas. Some people say that in ancient times, Guangdong has always been an exile place for felons, and all kinds of people gathered together, and these people are precisely the most revolutionary.
Guangdong is located at the southern end, far from the political center, and the central management is weakened, which virtually provides conditions for the growth of revolutionary ideas. Guangdong is close to the concession of Hong Kong and Macao, and its geographical position greatly reduces the risk of revolution failure.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Guangdong