Red Turban Rebellion (1854–1856)

The Red Turban Rebellion of 1854–1856, sometimes known as the Red Turban Revolt, was a series of uprisings by members of the Tiandihui or Heaven and Earth Society (天地會) in the Guangdong province of South China. It began in the spring of 1854. The Red Turbans did not succeed in taking the city of Canton, but fought through much of the country round it for more than a year. Ling Shih-pa was one of the leaders, and also a member of the God Worshipping Society, which declared the Jintian Uprising and so began the Taiping Rebellion.