Red Lanterns (Boxer Uprising)

Red Lanterns
Active1890s–1901
Country Qing Empire
Allegiance Boxers
EngagementsBoxer Rebellion
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Lin Hei'er

The Red Lanterns (simplified Chinese: 红灯照; traditional Chinese: 紅燈照; pinyin: Hóng Dēng Zhào) were a women's fighting group organized during the Boxer Uprising of 1900. Villagers said these women had supernatural powers which helped to protect the male Boxers and fight against foreign enemies.[1]

  1. ^ Hershatter, Gail (2019). Women and China's revolutions. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-4422-1569-6. OCLC 1047569427.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)