湘鄂川黔毗连的广大地区,是我国少数民族——土家族的聚集区。十八世纪末叶,被地主阶级压榨摧残得无法再生活下去的土家人民与各族人民一道在这辽阔的大地上举起了反抗清潮的大旗。嘉庆初年爆发的白莲教起义,成为清王朝由盛到衰的转折点。清王朝从此一蹶不起。土家族人民在这场声势浩大的反抗清王朝封建统治的斗争中,作出了巨大的贡献。 Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou adjoining vast areas, is our ethnic minority - Tujia gathering area. In the late eighteenth century, the people of Tujia, who were crushed and destroyed by the landlord class, together with people of all ethnic groups, raised the banner of resistance against the tide of waves in this vast land. The beginning of Jiaqing White Lotus Temple outbreak of insurrection, a turning point from prosperity to decline of the Qing Dynasty. Since then, the Qing dynasty Tujia people made tremendous contributions in this massive struggle against the feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty.