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The Dujiang Town Mass Grave in Sandu Shui Autonomous County commemorates the 1855 anti-Qing uprising led by the Zhaijiao rebels. Due to the Qing government’s —, the Miao people rose in revolt, showing no mercy to Qing soldiers. In just two months, the Qing forces were completely annihilated. Later, the Qing government sent reinforcements to fight repeatedly, resulting in bloody battles and fields littered with corpses. The number of dead was so high that proper collection and burial were impossible, hence the collective name “Mass Grave.” The author of the inscription took the stance of the ruling class at the time, denouncing the Miao rebel forces as “Miao bandits causing chaos.” Back in Sandu County town, I looked up some records about the mass grave, which included the following account: The mass grave is located at Shangjiang San in Dujiang Town. In June of the fifth year of the Xianfeng era (1855), Luo Guangming and others from Dujiang Ting led a rebellion against the Qing, capturing Dujiang, Bazaar (Danzhai), and Sajiaotun (now Sandu) Ting towns. They coordinated with rebel forces of various ethnicities such as He Deshun, Pan Mingjie, and Pan Xinjian, fighting across regions including Duyun, Dushan, and Guzhuo (Rongjiang). In the tenth year of the Tongzhi era (1871), the rebellion failed, and during this period, the number of those who died in Dujiang Ting town was countless and many could not be properly buried. In the eleventh year of Tongzhi, Wen Fangfan was appointed as the Dujiang Tongpan (magistrate), and the following year, together with Zhang Liang, the vice commander of Shangjiang Xie, and Li Lian, a local gentry member of Shangjiang Street, they collected the white bones and reburied them collectively outside the southern gate of the town, erecting a stele inscribed: “The Tomb of the Righteous from Urban and Rural Areas.” This stele documented the leadership of Luo Guangming and others in the uprising. On September 27, 1981, the Sandu County People's Government designated it as a county-level cultural relics protection unit.

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The Dujiang Town Mass Grave in Sandu Shui Autonomous County commemorates the 1855 anti-Qing uprising led by the Zhaijiao rebels. Due to the Qing government’s —, the Miao people rose in revolt, showing no mercy to Qing soldiers. In just two months, the Qing forces were completely annihilated. Later, the Qing government sent reinforcements to fight repeatedly, resulting in bloody battles and fields littered with corpses. The number of dead was so high that proper collection and burial were impossible, hence the collective name “Mass Grave.” The author of the inscription took the stance of the ruling class at the time, denouncing the Miao rebel forces as “Miao bandits causing chaos.” Back in Sandu County town, I looked up some records about the mass grave, which included the following account: The mass grave is located at Shangjiang San in Dujiang Town. In June of the fifth year of the Xianfeng era (1855), Luo Guangming and others from Dujiang Ting led a rebellion against the Qing, capturing Dujiang, Bazaar (Danzhai), and Sajiaotun (now Sandu) Ting towns. They coordinated with rebel forces of various ethnicities such as He Deshun, Pan Mingjie, and Pan Xinjian, fighting across regions including Duyun, Dushan, and Guzhuo (Rongjiang). In the tenth year of the Tongzhi era (1871), the rebellion failed, and during this period, the number of those who died in Dujiang Ting town was countless and many could not be properly buried. In the eleventh year of Tongzhi, Wen Fangfan was appointed as the Dujiang Tongpan (magistrate), and the following year, together with Zhang Liang, the vice commander of Shangjiang Xie, and Li Lian, a local gentry member of Shangjiang Street, they collected the white bones and reburied them collectively outside the southern gate of the town, erecting a stele inscribed: “The Tomb of the Righteous from Urban and Rural Areas.” This stele documented the leadership of Luo Guangming and others in the uprising. On September 27, 1981, the Sandu County People's Government designated it as a county-level cultural relics protection unit.