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Sanyuanli Villiage was established in 1987, located at the north of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, covers an area of 6.8 kilometers, with a population of 85000 people, 20000 immigrants and approximately 100000 unregistered floating populations. Sanyuanli middle school (中文：三元里中学，原广北中学)，Ziyuangang middle school (中文：梓元岗中学), Sanyuanli primary school (中文：三元里小学)，Baishijia primary school (百事佳小学)，Sanyuanli governmental kindergarten（中文：三元里公办幼儿园）were set up in Sanyuanli neighborhood. And [The first Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine], The Civil Hospital, medical organizations, community health care as well.

Time
1841 A.D.

Place
Sanyuanli, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province

Direct Cause

 * 1) British Troops pried coffins in Beishuangshan Temple (several British soldiers were curious about coffins in the temple, and they opened them up to see the bodies there. Later, villiagers in Sanyuanli had mistaken them as grave-robbers)
 * 2) British soldiers looted belongings of Villiagers
 * 3) British soldiers  raped the local women (one of them was the wife of Weishaoguang)

Detailed Information
On May 25 1841, British forces under Major-general Hugh Gough left their transports at Qìnhăi (沁海) some 5 miles (8.0 km) north west of Canton and prepared to storm the city. By the evening of the next day they had captured four Chinese forts and stood ready to attack the city walls. Instead, word arrived that the Qing authorities had agreed to British demands for compensation and the withdrawal of troops such that the planned assault was put on hold on the morning of the 27th. Postponement of the attack left nearly 5,000 British and Indian troops milling around in the sultry heat and moist atmosphere of the paddy fields north of Canton. According to historian Frederic Wakeman, there was no question that looting took place in villages such as Sanyuanli, but on the whole, by British military standards of the time, the troops behaved well.Nevertheless, according to Chinese sources, the rape of villager Wei Shaoguang's (韋紹光) wife by a British soldier triggered the incident. Thereafter the incensed local populace, swelled by arrivals from nearby villages, grew into a crowd of 10,000 who besieged the British on all sides. Armed with machetes, pikes and a variety of swords they enticed a detachment of 60 British Sepoys into the marshy paddy fields where the latters' flintlock muskets, sodden by the heavy rain, failed to fire as the villagers attacked. Four British soldiers fell dead with a further twenty or more wounded. The British dispatched two units of marines, armed with waterproof percussion muskets, to reinforce the Sepoys. After a two hour siege British forces withdrew to the Western Fort, only to be followed by the villagers who once more surrounded them. Once he understood the situation, the British commander passed a message to Guangzhou governor Yu Baochun (余葆纯) telling him that if the siege continued, the main force of the British Army would raze Canton to the ground. Yu, well aware that this was no empty threat given the size of the enemy forces, urged the crowd to disperse, which only led to him being branded a traitor to the people.

Sanyuanli People's Anti-British Monument
To praise the heroic history of the heroes in Sanyuanli, in October 1950, Guangzhou Government set up a Sanyuanli Revolutionary Martyrs Monument in a hillock of Ximen buiding (西门楼). Around the monument, there is the Sanyuanli Incident Memorial Park. The park covers an area of 7920 square kilometers, with a solemn and serene architectural style.

Sanyuanli Temple
Sanyuanli Incident Museum is located in Sanyuanli Temple The temple was Taoist temple for worshipping Taoist God. During the first Opium War, people in Sanyuanli took a mass pledge in front of the temple, which was the beginning of the anti-aggression war of Chinese. Therefore, Sanyuanli temple has become an important historical revolutionary site. In post-war time, Guangzhou Government has conducted several renovations for the temple in order to keep its original appearance. In 1961, Sanyuanli Temple became one of the cultural buildings under National Relic Protection, and it was renamed as Sanyuanli Anti-British Revolt Museum. Until now, the museum is one of the Patriotism Educational Sites in Guangzhou, Guangdong and China range.

Sanyuanli Subway Station
Sanyuanli Station is a terminus of Line 2 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 29 December 2002. It is located at Sanyuanli in Baiyun District and it is the only station in the district. It is adjacent to Sanyuanli Anti-British Invasion Museum, Sanyuanli Coach Terminal , Guangzhou Airport Expressway and Jingzhu Expressway.