Group photo in front of Taipingmen (太平门), Nanjing (南京市)

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OH03-053

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University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: OH03-053. Taipingmen suffered heavy bombardment during the Second Revolution (Ch: 第二次革命) 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. For more images of Taipingmen, see OH03-041, OH03-047, OH03-048, OH03-049, OH03-051 and Pe01-013.