Chaoyangmen (朝阳们), Nanjing (南京市), 1913
Collection
Identifier
OH03-043
Copyright
© 2012 Charles Poolton
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: OH03-043. The Chaoyang gate (pinyin: Chaoyangmen; Chinese: 朝阳们) and gate tower suffered bombardment during the 'Second Revolution' (pinyin: Er ci geming; Chinese: 二次革命) in the summer of 1913. The Second Revolution was instigated by the Guomindang party, who had won China’s first nationwide democratic elections in 1913. Members organised a rebellion against Yuan Shi-kai after he had ordered the assassination of Song Jiaren, the party's prime-minister designate, in March. The violence lasted from July until early September 1913. The Qing loyalist General Zhang Qun (Ch: 张勋; other: Chang Hsün), who threw in his lot with Yuan, finally took Nanjing back from the GMD rebels.
