Ta-pa-ni Incident
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| Taiwanese captured after the Ta-pa-ni Incident being taken from the Tainan jail to court | |||
| Traditional Chinese: | 噍吧哖事件 | ||
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| Traditional Chinese: | 西來庵事件 噍吧哖事件 |
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| Literal meaning: | Silai Temple Incident Yu Ching-fang Incident |
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The Ta-pa-ni Incident, which took place in 1915, was the largest armed uprising against Japanese rule in Taiwan. The name refers to the site of a massacre which occurred on 6 August 1915. Alternative names used to refer to the incident include the Silai Temple Incident, after the temple where the revolt began, or the Yu Ching-fang Incident, after the leader Yu Ching-fang.
Katz (see below) lists four means of mobilization: millernarianism, vegetarianism, oaths and banner worship. Almost 2000 rebels were captured; almost a thousand were sentenced to death, though later, in a gesture of moderation, many of the sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. Subsequently, the colonial government paid more attention to popular religion.
[edit] Further reading
- Katz, Paul R. (2005). When Valleys Turned Blood Red: the Ta-pa-ni incident in colonial Taiwan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-2915-8.
- Katz, Paul R. (2005). "Governmentality and Its Consequences in Colonial Taiwan: A Case Study of the Ta-pa-ni Incident". The Journal of Asian Studies 64 (2): 387–424.
