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Shunyi Historical Event-Boxer Movement

1900, the boxer peasant anti-imperialist movement against religious aggression, foreign powers' partition and Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion swept across North China, shocking the world. The people of Shunyi county took part in this magnificent anti-aggression war. Shunyi County, Zhanggezhuang, Yanggezhuang, Zhaogezhuang, Longwantun and other places all set up altars, boxing venues, incense tables and martial arts. There are boxers in almost every village in the eastern region. Large villages and towns set up stoves, cast swords and spears day and night, hoarded grain and grass, and stored swords and spears, which became the base camp of the Boxer Rebellion. They wore red scarves and red ribbons around their waists, destroyed churches in China, killed American missionaries and Christians, and cracked down on "fake devils" who were recuperating at home. In autumn, Zhang Yongguo, the leader of Zhanggezhuang, and Yang Zhixiang, the leader of Zhaogezhuang, joined forces with the leaders of nearby altars to organize more than a thousand brave men to intercept Eight-Nation Alliance, who was heading east, and surrounded an enemy with a dozen people, killing and injuring dozens. Eight-Nation Alliance fled back to the county seat. Soon, the enemy made a comeback, gathering thousands of cavalry, infantry and artillery, and surrounded the Boxers in Zhanggezhuang and Zhaogezhuang with nearly a thousand people in Wang Yao Temple. Because the enemy relied on a large number of people and foreign guns, after fierce fighting, the Boxer Rebellion fought its way out. After the enemy bloodbath Wang Yao Temple, the cavalry pursued the Boxer Rebellion, and in the area of Jiaogezhuang Stone Bridge south of Shaling, the two sides squared up for a decisive battle. The boxer braved the hail and fought bravely, killing more than 200 people and causing heavy casualties to the enemy. The Yihetuan in Shunyi City led by Zhang Hui and Zhang Hongdian, together with the Boxer in Tongxian County, attacked Jiajimachi Catholic Church and drove away the missionaries. Shunyi Boxer also burned American merchant ships bound for Tianjin in Chaobai River. The struggle of Shunyi people against Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion lasted for 1 years, which dealt a heavy blow to the imperialist aggressors.