Today, let's analyze the reasons for the formation of green gang in the Republic of China.
What is green gang?
The history of green gang can be traced back to Luo Qing in the Ming Dynasty. According to the existing secret books of green gang, green gang in Ming Dynasty generally believed that Luo Qing was his ancestor. When he was alive, he transported grain, so the Luo religion he founded was spread among the people who transported grain. After Luo Qing, there were Weng Yan in Changshu, Jiangsu, Qian Jian in Dongchang, Shandong, and Pan Qing in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the three men moved to Hangzhou, preached Luo religion, each built a temple, dedicated Buddha statues, went vegetarian and recited scriptures, and passed by sailors, so that they converted to religion for a long time. The three of them collected disciples extensively and made great efforts to build ships to cover the grain transportation in the Qing Dynasty. Later, from Yongzheng to the middle of Qianlong, the court besieged the sailor Luo Jiao. Ping 'an Hall, which scattered sailors, became an important turning point in the transition from Luojiao to green gang in Qing Dynasty.
They went underground from the public, and Luo religion was secretly changed to green gang. In order to avoid the Qing dynasty, they deliberately used green words. This is the origin of simple green gang. Green gang takes apprenticeships as the way to join, while Hong Men takes kowtow and worship as the way to join. There are essential differences between them. Green gang was later divided into three schools: Weng, Qian and Pan. Their teaching methods and compositions are different, so I won't describe them one by one. The development of green gang has much to do with water transportation. They started from transporting grain, mainly engaged in smuggling activities. Because of the low salary and exploitation, sailors engage in bootlegging in order to survive. Join a gang for protection. Because gangs have family laws, they can stop each other from reporting.
Top Ten Help Rules of Green Gang:
First, it is forbidden to bully teachers and destroy ancestors. Second, don't disturb the rules. Third, we should not despise our predecessors. Fourth, the rivers and lakes are not chaotic. Fifth, it is not allowed to pick up ashes and put them in cages. Sixth, don't use jumping to divert attention. Seven, no rape, theft and prostitution. Eight, don't be modest. Nine, are not allowed to open water. Ten, don't bully people.
The reasons for the formation of green gang have the following characteristics.
There is a water transport pier. Because green gang started as a water carrier, where there is a water terminal, there is green gang. There are competing interests. All the noise in the world is for profit. If this place was so poor, green gang wouldn't have appeared. Its appearance first has benefits, which can be controlled and distributed. What else do people in green gang eat? Low-level personnel gather. Where coolies work, gangs are most likely to appear. When people get together, it is easy to produce contradictions, which can only be solved by cliques. Moreover, low-level personnel are easy to control, unlike scholars who have their own ideas. The government is out of control. We are now called the underworld, and the green gang exists because there are loopholes in the tentacles of government control. The soil is conducive to their survival, and they can form their own social organizations. The origin of Luo religion is the product of court changes in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Yongzheng and Qianlong years were suppressed, but in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, green gang became popular again.