The destruction of opium at Humen began on 3 June 1839, lasted for 23 days, and involved the destruction of 1,000 long tons (1,016 t) of illegal opium seized from British traders under the aegis of Lin Zexu, an Imperial Commissioner of Qing China.

Mar 19, 2025 · In 1839, a thrilling anti-smoking campaign took place on the Humen Beach in Guangdong. Lin Zexu , the imperial commissioner at the time , faced a mountain of opium, but did not choose to burn it with fire. Instead, he adopted a unique destruction method - …

Lin Zexu was a leading Chinese scholar and official of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty, known for his role in the events leading up to the first Opium War (1839–42) between Britain and China. He was a proponent of the revitalization of traditional Chinese thought and institutions, a …

1839, Lin Zixu ordered Fu Yue to take bold and effective measures - in a blow-by-blow struggle against the British colonists. They seized more than More than two hundred kilograms of opium from...

In 1839, Lin began this anti-opium movement in Guangdong, burning more than 2.3 billion pounds of opium on the beaches of Humen from June 3 to 25, shocking the world and marking the start of modern Chinese history.

Lin Zexu (30 August 1785 – 22 November 1850), courtesy name Yuanfu, was a Chinese political philosopher and politician. He was a head of state (Viceroy), Governor General, scholar-official, and under the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing dynasty best known for his role in the First Opium War of 1839–42. He was from Fuzhou, Fujian Province.

May 24, 1997 · In perhaps the biggest drug bust ever, Canton Commissioner Lin Zexu destroyed 3 million pounds of raw opium confiscated from the foreign drug barons. This sparked the first of the infamous...

3 days ago · In the late 1930s, the smuggling of opium to China from Britain and America was rampant, posing a big threat to the Qing Regime. With the support of the great mass, Lin Zexu, Imperial Commissioner of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), was determined to …

2 days ago · From June 3 to 25, 1939, Lin Zexu, an imperial envoy, gathered and destroyed more than 2 millionjin(1 million kilograms) of opium taken over from English and American opium smugglers on sea beach of Humen.

May 30, 2022 · Located in Humen Town in Dongguan, the Opium War Museum is where the historical materials and the relics of Lin Zexu destroying opium and the Opium Wars (1840-1842 and 1856-1860) are preserved, exhibited and researched.