Xunhua Incident

Prayer hall of Salar Mosque near Jishi (积石镇) of Xunhua, Qinghai . The Xunhua Incident ( Chinese : 循化事件) was an uprising of Tibetan and Salar people against the rule of Communist Party of China (CPC) in Qinghai, China in April, 1958. The incident took place amid the Great Leap Forward in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County of Qinghai Province, the hometown of 10th Panchen Lama . Since March 1958, local officials imposed strict rules for socialist transformations and, in order to prevent uprising, religious leaders including Jnana Pal Rinpoche (加乃化仁波切), a well-respected monk, were forcibly sent for re-education. Over 4,000 people with different ethnic backgrounds subsequently revolted and killed a team leader from the CPC task force. The incident ended in suppression and a massacre by the People's Liberation Army , which killed 435 people within four hours on April 25, most of whom were unarmed civilians. Hostage of Beijing: The Abduction of the Panchen Lama .

Uprising against the policies of the Chinese Communist Party Salar Muslims holding Qurans . The Xunhua Incident ( Chinese : 循化事件) was an uprising of Salars and Tibetans against the policies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Qinghai, China in April 1958. It took place in the Xunhua Salar Autonomous County , hometown of the 10th Panchen Lama , during the Great Leap Forward . In March 1958, local officials imposed strict rules for socialist transformations. To prevent uprisings, religious leaders such as Jnana Pal Rinpoche (加乃化仁波切), a well-respected monk, were forcibly sent for re-education. Over 4,000 people with different ethnic backgrounds subsequently revolted and killed a team leader from the CCP task force. The uprising ended after the People's Liberation Army massacred 435 people, most of whom were unarmed civilians, on April 25, and 2,499 more rioters were arrested. The New York Times (in Chinese) . The Search for the Panchen Lama .