Feng Yunshan (1815-1852 June 10), a native of Heludian Village, Hua County, Guangdong Province (now Huadu District, Guangzhou City), was named as the South King, and was named as 7,000 years old by Hong Xiuquan, King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Feng Yunshan was the earliest supporter of Hong Xiuquan and one of the founders of the God-fearing Association. In his early years, he taught in a private school in Hua County, and later he and Hong Xiuquan went to Bauhinia (Zijingshan, Guiping City, Guangxi) and Jintian (Jintian Village, Guiping City, Guangxi) to preach. 1in June, 852, when the Taiping Army was crossing the hemp fiber crossing, Feng Yunshan was hit by the artillery fire of the Jiang Zhongyuan Department of the Qing Army, and he was seriously injured and died.
According to records, Feng Yunshan once joined the Fuhan Society, a Christian church organization founded in Hong Kong by Karl gutzlaff, a western missionary. 1844, Feng Yunshan and Hong Xiuquan went to Guangxi to preach. Hong Xiuquan soon returned to Guangdong, and Feng Yunshan insisted on staying, herding cattle and picking dung for a living, mixing with local farmers, getting to know Zeng Yuheng and Zeng Yurong in Dachong Village, becoming mat teachers, and began to secretly preach, developing charcoal burners Yang, Xiao Chaogui, miners Qin Rigang and others. 1847, Hong Xiuquan went to Guangxi again, and the local god worship was slightly large.
At the beginning of 1848, the local landlord should arrest Feng Yunshan forever and send him to the government for punishment, on the charge of forming an alliance to make trouble. Pray for God to raise money to bribe local officials and rescue Feng Yunshan. After that, worship of God will continue to develop. 185 1 jintian uprising, Hong Xiuquan named Feng Yunshan as the leading deputy military adviser and commander of the rear army, and later added the title of South King. Feng Yunshan formulated the official system, ritual system and military system in the early days of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and created a unique calendar, which was used in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
1852 On May 24th, when the Taiping Army passed through Quanzhou, the Qing army guarding the city saw the yellow sedan chair in the distance, so they shot at it, accidentally hit it, and Feng Yunshan was seriously injured. The Taiping Army stormed the city angrily. Conquered on June 3. 10 In June, Taiping Army and Yimidu in Quanzhou were ambushed by the Qing army and suffered heavy losses. Feng was killed in the chaos.