In the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856), Ailao Mountain in Yunnan.
Li Wenxue, a man from the Yi family, swore an uprising in Tianshengying and proposed "doing justice for heaven, equalizing the land and peace of the people". He led 5,000 poor people of all ethnic groups in a bloody battle with the Qing court for nearly twenty years. After the uprising failed, Li Wenxue was captured and died. His son Li Jizu took over the command and continued to fight against the warlords of the Republic of China.
From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, and from the Republic of China to New China, the rebel soldiers came one after another. Some people died in battle, some kept their names anonymous, and some spent their lives guarding Li Wenxue's secret tomb. The eleven generations of gravekeepers from the Li family have been guarding the grave for more than 150 years. They guard not only a grave, but also the thought that the poor will no longer be bullied.
This is a national epic about faith and perseverance. The handsome flag full of bullet holes still hangs in the museum. It can't speak, but it remembers everything.
