"***" originated in the late Qing Dynasty and flourished in the 1940s. Its teachings, which are a mixture of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and the classics of Jesus, claim that the entire universe is divided into three periods: "Red Sun", "Green Sun", and "White Sun", each of which lasts for 18,000 years. At present, it is the end of the "White Sun" period, and the catastrophe is coming, and we must believe in "***" in order to eliminate disasters and avoid difficulties.

During the Anti-Japanese War, "***" developed a large number of high-ranking officials of the Wang puppet regime into the organization. In the late Republic of China, the cult organization "***" even developed to the extent of fighting against the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. [1-2]

The action of banning the new China was an extensive, intense, and profound mass struggle that accompanied the large-scale suppression of the counterrevolutionary movement at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and was of great significance for defending and consolidating the new political power, breaking down feudal superstition, safeguarding the fundamental interests of the people, and ensuring the recovery and development of the national economy. Today, half a century later, looking back at that not-so-distant period of history is still relevant today. [3]

From 1930 to 1947, its national organizational structure included seven major general altars, including Beijing, Tianjin, Jinan and Shanghai.

Around 1949, there were 1,144 grassroots altars in Shanghai, more than 6,200 Taoist personnel, and about 300,000 Taoist disciples - and the Shanghai General Altar of the Church was not limited to the scope of Shanghai, such as Changzhou, Hangzhou, Wenzhou and other places, and was also under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai General Altar. In this way, it is not difficult to guess that "***" was the congregation of believers back then. Some scholars believe that in the heyday, there were more than 3 million believers, which is not a lie. During the Anti-Japanese War, "***" developed a large number of high-ranking officials of the Wang puppet regime into the organization. For example, Li Lijiu, head of the Wang puppet Central Tax Police Corps, Sun Xiangfu, member of the Wang puppet Military Committee, Chu Minyi, vice president of the Wang puppet Executive Yuan and minister of foreign affairs, Wang Yitang, president of the Wang puppet examination institute, and so on.

In 1946, the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Nationalist Government, together with the Ministry of the Interior, announced that all localities demanded the banning of "***", and prosecuted the religion for "traitor". However, under the activities of Zhang Guangbi and others, the prosecution ended in nothing. [4] The reason why secret religions are widespread among the lower classes is "closely related to economic factors". On the one hand, "the head of the secret sect of the people initially set up a religion

Opportunities, mainly focusing on economic interests, starting from the acquisition of money and property, and very few cases of rebellion and rebellion out of political motives. Relying on their crude folk medical skills, they concocted a set of religious theories to eliminate disasters and pray for blessings and pursue wealth in the next life. On the other hand, "the reason why believers are willing to join the Church is that they can get rid of the poverty of this world by yearning for the theory of wealth in the next life, and because they can collect money for the sake of being able to seek a church in the future." In other words, the so-called "secret religion of the people" is actually a pyramidal system of accumulating money: the higher the level of the leader, the more financial resources he enjoys, and the lower the level of the followers, the less financial resources he gets, and the only way to expand the financial resources can he expand his financial resources by making further efforts to expand the number of believers. This is the original driving force for the long-lasting prosperity of the folk "secret religion" - the "***" of the Republic of China and the "Almighty God" today. As for the doctrine itself, it doesn't really matter, just like the MLM model, it doesn't matter what the quality of its products is, what matters is how to do its best to develop its downline.

This pyramid-style system of accumulating wealth was precisely the main reason why the high-ranking officials of Wang's puppet government were willing to join the "***" and become high-ranking cadres in the sect at that time -- the Tao had many names for accumulating wealth, such as donating money to run the Tao, taking the financial examination, paying for the great immortals, merit fees, land reclamation fees, altar master fees, dedication fees, confession fees, family fees, and so onThe proverb of "eighteen boys sit in the Central Plains" is in vain to make profits.

"The foolish seek blessings, and the reckless accumulate wealth" is the basic characteristic of almost all cult organizations. Understanding this section and targeting it should be beneficial in identifying and weakening the development of the snowball pyramid scheme of cult organizations. [4]

found

At the beginning of the establishment of the Beijing (Ping) Municipal Public Security Bureau, the police officers in the social investigation work,

It was found that some people have built a Taoist altar at home, dedicated to "Shizun" and "Shima", and there are people who go to kowtow every day, including ordinary people with serious feudal superstition and no education, as well as people from all walks of life of Shinong, agriculture and business, some still have status, and there are many Taoists and Taoists in the old Kuomintang police. Further investigation revealed that the Taoist altar was built by the world's leading masters, and a large number of teachers were either ruffians and bullies in the past, or they were traitors and Kuomintang agents during the Japanese period. The people who went to worship were all *** Taoist disciples and Taoist relatives. The police saw that the room where the Taoist altar was located was filled with smoke, and the Taoist disciples and Taoist relatives knelt down like incense in front of the "master" and "master". The three underage children known as "Sancai" use a trick called "Fuping" to deceive people. "Sancai" refers to "genius", "local talent" and "talent". The "genius" writes on the sand table with a tied wooden stick, and the "talent" reads out the written words, and the "genius" then writes the words "divine teachings" on the paper, asking the Taoist disciples to take money to "do merit" and "dedicate their hearts" to avoid disasters. [3]

Let's go

On December 18, 1950, the whole city of Beijing acted in unison, and 130 leaders were arrested at almost the same time. Beijing's crackdown lasted two months, and 381 reactionary leaders were arrested; shot and killed 42 reactionary leaders; There are 720 preacherents at the registration point, 4,775 altar masters, and 663 "three talents"; 178074 declared abandonment; 1,283 large and small altars were closed.

significance

As a result of this struggle, Beijing's *** was completely destroyed organizationally and ideologically. As a result of this struggle, Beijing's *** was completely destroyed organizationally and ideologically.

As a result of this struggle, Beijing's *** was completely destroyed organizationally and ideologically. As a result of this struggle, Beijing's *** was completely destroyed organizationally and ideologically. As a result of this struggle, Beijing's *** was completely destroyed organizationally and ideologically. As a result of this struggle, Beijing's *** was completely destroyed organizationally and ideologically. As a result of this struggle, Beijing's *** was completely destroyed organizationally and ideologically. As a result of this struggle, Beijing's *** was completely destroyed organizationally and ideologically. As a result of this struggle, Beijing's *** was completely destroyed organizationally and ideologically. As a result of this struggle, Beijing's *** was completely destroyed organizationally and ideologically.