Ruined buildings on the Hsia Kwan waterfront, Nanjing (南京市)
Collection
Identifier
OH03-045
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: OH03-045. The warehouses on the Hsia Kwan waterfront (pinyin: Xiaguan; Chinese: 下关; other: Shia Kuan) were destroyed during Yuan Shi-kai's suppression of the 'Second Revolution (Ch: 第二次革命)', which broke out in July 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.
