Yellow Sand Society

Yellow Sand Society
Chinese: 黃沙會; Wade–Giles: Huang Sha Hui
The Yellow Sands are known to have used a yellow flag inscribed with their leaders' names during the insurgency in Anyang County 1919–22.[1]
Dates of operation	19th–20th century
Active regions	Northern China (Henan, Shandong, Hebei)
Ideology	Militant self-defense and tax resistance Heterodox folk religion Ming millenarian monarchism
Allies	Red Spear Society Heavenly Gate Society
Opponents	Qing dynasty Republic of China Empire of Japan People's Republic of China
Battles and wars	Xinhai Revolution Warlord Era Second Sino-Japanese War
Preceded by White Lotus (possibly)

The Yellow Sand Society^[a] (Chinese: 黃沙會; Wade–Giles: Huang Sha Hui),^[4] also known as Yellow Way Society (Chinese: 黃道會; Wade–Giles: Huang Tao Hui),^[5] and Yellow Gate Society (Chinese: 黃門會; Wade–Giles: Huang Men Hui),^[6] was a rural secret society and folk religious sect in northern China during the 19th and 20th century.

Inspired by millenarian ideas, the movement launched several uprisings against the late Qing Empire, the Republic of China, and the Chinese puppet states of Japan. The Yellow Sands were eventually suppressed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the second half of the 20th century.

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