Tang Sai'er, Wang Cong'er, Wang Nangxian, and Lin Hei'er in later generations are all more famous characters in Chen Shuo's real and fart worms.

Therefore, after talking about Wang Nangxian, the next thing is naturally to talk about Lin Heier.

Lin Heier (?-1900) was one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion in Tianjin in the late Qing Dynasty and the organizer of "Red Lantern Zhao". Calling herself "Our Lady of the Yellow Lotus". Born in a boat family on the South Canal in Tianjin, he said that he was a prostitute in Tianjin.

When he was young, he learned boxing and sticking, and once worked as an artist with his father in Shanghai and other places. At that time, when imperialism was becoming more and more rampant in China, her husband Li You was arrested and beaten for violating foreign religions, and later fell ill and died. In 1900, the Boxer Rebellion developed to Tianjin, and Zhang Decheng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion, known as the "first regiment in the world", went north from Jinghai to Tianjin to set up a general altar. He led about 2,000 or 3,000 young women to organize the "Red Lantern Illumination" and became their own "senior sisters" to crack down on foreigners in China. In June and July, when the Eight-Nation Coalition Army entered Tianjin, she led her people to fight with Zhang Decheng and others, attacking the invaders at Laolongtou Station and Zizhulin and other places. Later, due to the Qing government's compromise and surrender to imperialism, it took the opportunity to attack the Boxers, causing heavy casualties to the rebels and Zhang Decheng being wounded. After the fall of Tianjin, she was also wounded, captured and killed.

Lin Heier (?-1900) was one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion in Tianjin in the late Qing Dynasty and the organizer of "Red Lantern Zhao", so what is "Red Lantern Zhao"?

Red Lantern Zhao, a red lampshade, was one of the women's organizations in the Boxer Rebellion. It is generally said that they are dressed in red and carry red lanterns, so they are called red lanterns.

The organization of the Boxer Rebellion was based on the altar as the grassroots unit. It belongs to the eight regiments of Bagua (the main altar), each regiment has a teacher as the leader, and the altar has a senior brother and a second senior brother、... and so on. The women's organizations in the Boxer Rebellion were similar to the men's organizations, but they were independent of the male groups and had their own altars, but they were often attached to a general altar and cooperated with them, such as the Tianjin Red Lantern Zhao led by Our Lady of the Yellow Lotus and Zhang Decheng's Kanzi Troupe. The members of the group generally call each other sister, junior sister, and their leader is called senior sister, second senior sister... In Tianjin, the red light shines on it, and its leader is called the Yellow Lotus Mother and the Second Immortal Gu. The development of women's organizations is most developed in Tianjin. And develop in the surrounding area with it as the center.

The Boxers were the only boxing club in Tianjin that exclusively accepted women. It's called a red light. The women all wore red clothes and trousers, carried a red light in their right hand, held a red folding fan in their left hand, and wore their older hair in a high bun. The young girl is curled into a bun. The elder sister of the red light, Lin Heier, is called "Our Lady of Coptis chinensis". Legend has it that the exercises are also amazing. Woman shining into the red light. Follow this senior sister to practice boxing in the quiet room, and in a few days, you will be able to achieve Taoism. Once the operation is complete. If you hold a red folding fan and fan it slowly, you will be able to ascend to the sky and fly freely in the air. At this time, wherever the red light in the right hand is thrown, there is a sea of flames, and its power is like that of a bomber now.

Lin Hei'er, the daughter of a boatman in the lower reaches of the South Canal, is the leader of the Red Lantern Illumination of the Boxer Youth Women's Organization.

In the spring of 1900, Linheil's father was arrested and imprisoned by foreigners for no reason, which increased her hatred for the invaders. In May, with the support of Zhang Decheng, the leader of the Jinghai Duliu Boxers, he prepared to set up a red lantern in Yangliuqing, but failed due to the opposition of the landlord Shi Yuanshi. At the beginning of June, a red light was set up along the Houjiahou Canal in Tianjin City, calling itself "Our Lady of Yellow Lotus". He participated in the battle against the Eight-Nation Alliance, and led the red light to treat the Boxers who were wounded in the anti-aggression battle. When Tianjin fell, he was captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and he did not know what happened.

The women in the Boxer Rebellion were of similar origins to men, and most of them came from the lower middle class of society. For example, Lin Hei'er, the leader of the Red Lantern Zhao in Tianjin, was originally from a boat family and used to be a prostitute, so she called more lower-class women in Tianjin to join the Red Lantern Zhao. Another example is Cuiyun Niang, a woman with a high status in the Boxers, who made a living from her father in her early years. Women from the lower classes felt the hardships of life and the oppression of outsiders and parishioners, and were more likely to believe in superstitious beliefs in magic and magic, so they joined more.

The Boxers were a martial arts group with folk beliefs, so Red Lantern also had a variety of martial arts and spell training, and under the leadership of their master, they would practice kung fu such as wielding knives and fanning fans, and the training was often very strict and hard. It is said that after 7749 days of practice, women with red lights can walk on the water without getting wet, and can fly in the air, and with a wave of a fan in their hands, the enemy's cannon will not sound, or the ship and house will naturally catch fire, and so on. Although most of these spells were used as a guise for superstition and propaganda, they also attracted more women.

In the Boxer Rebellion, women's main participation included medical care, intelligence gathering, actual combat, and propaganda and psychological support for the members. In terms of medical treatment, the Red Light Lady of the Yellow Lotus claimed to be able to heal all kinds of illnesses and injuries, so many people sought medical treatment from her, and according to the oral accounts of some elderly people who participated in the Boxer Rebellion, they really healed many injured people, and praised the Yellow Lotus Mother's medical skills. In real combat. On the one hand, the red lantern is often sent around, with their "spells" to burn Western houses, churches and ships, etc., because they are considered not afraid of "filth", not afraid of guns, so they often fight together with the Boxer male organization, by the leader of the Boxer Rebellion in Tianjin, Zhang Decheng often contacted the Yellow Lotus Virgin, to discuss the battle plan, it can be seen that the close relationship between the two on the battlefield, although the members of the red lantern are women, but in the historical materials it is recorded that many people fought bravely on the battlefield, and regarded death as home. In addition, there are also records of red light organizations fighting against the Russian army in the northeast. In propaganda and psychologically. For example, Our Lady of the Yellow Lotus went to the iron shop to buy silk nails, but claimed to have stolen from a foreigner's cannon, claimed that she could cure gunshot wounds with incense ashes, and used all kinds of miracles to make people believe that red lights have miraculous powers, which on the one hand made people respect, and on the other hand, it could boost the confidence and morale of the people. Through these methods, the effect of public propaganda is achieved. At that time, the lower-class people were bullied by outsiders and parishioners and lived in difficulty, and they needed "gods" such as the Holy Mother or the Red Lantern Fairies who could protect everyone against outsiders on the one hand, and had a gentle female image on the other hand, as a spiritual comfort, which was quite similar to the situation that traditional Chinese female gods such as Guanyin and Mazu were widely welcomed by the public, and the Boxers were also taking advantage of this mass psychology to deliberately use religious propaganda and other techniques to create the image of the "goddesses" of the red lantern and the Virgins.

Like many non-governmental organizations in the Boxer Rebellion, after the Eight-Nation Coalition Army invaded Tianjin, Tianjin was broken, and the Red Lantern of Huanglian and the red light in the city illuminated women, or were captured and killed, or hanged to death, many women were arrested with a very calm attitude, and many people begged to commit suicide and martyrdom to save their reputation, and the Red Lantern Illumination Organization in other regions also collapsed with the defeat of the Boxers and the Qing army (in the Boxer Rebellion, the shameless strangulation of the Qing army also played a considerable role) 。 (To be continued......)