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The destruction of opium at Humen began on 3 June 1839 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. Conducted on the banks of the Pearl River outside Humen Town, Dongguan, China, the action provided casus belli for Great Britain to declare war on Qing China. What followed is now known as the First Opium War (1839–1842), a conflict that initiated China's opening for trade with foreign nations under a series of treaties with the western powers.

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  • Destruction of opium at Humen (en)
  • Opiumvernietiging te Humen (nl)
  • Уничтожение опиума в Хюмене (ru)
  • 虎门销烟 (zh)
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  • The destruction of opium at Humen began on 3 June 1839 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. Conducted on the banks of the Pearl River outside Humen Town, Dongguan, China, the action provided casus belli for Great Britain to declare war on Qing China. What followed is now known as the First Opium War (1839–1842), a conflict that initiated China's opening for trade with foreign nations under a series of treaties with the western powers. (en)
  • Уничтожение опиума в Хюмене (кит. трад. 虎門銷菸, упр. 虎门销烟, пиньинь Hǔmén xiāo yān) произошло 3 июня 1839 года на берегу Жемчужной реки у г. Дунгуань. Под руководством циньского имперского комиссара Линя Цзэсюя было уничтожено 1.016 тонн опиума конфискованного у британцев. Это послужило поводом для объявления войны Британии и Цинской империи по итогам которой Китай вынудили заключить неравные торговые договора с западными державами. (ru)
  • 虎門銷煙是指公元1839年(道光十九年)時,清政府任命林則徐為欽差大臣前往廣州查禁鴉片的歷史事件,旨在禁絕鴉片貿易以遏制白銀外流。由於清廷之煙禁忽嚴忽弛,又貿然採取禁錮英使與英商的強硬手段勒令繳出鴉片,觸及了英方的根本利益和外交底線,被視爲鴉片戰爭的導火索。 清朝一口通商令中外的邦交與貿易隔絕,英國曾多次遣使訪華請求通商不果。結果,18世紀的中英貿易嚴重失衡,大量白銀流入中國。由於中國民間早有吸食鴉片的習慣,以英國商人爲首的洋商發現鴉片在中國大有銷路,便向中國輸入鴉片,以扭轉英國對華貿易赤字。鴉片的不斷輸入導致中國白銀不斷外流,清政府出現財政困難。1838年底,道光帝決定嚴禁鴉片,派林則徐前往廣州查禁鴉片。 1839年3月,林則徐抵粵後,一方面武力封鎖外國商館、強制外商繳交鴉片並簽署保證書,一方面拘拿中國的鴉片販子與吸食者、收繳民間烟具。6月3日,道光皇帝命令林则徐在廣州虎門(現為东莞的一部分)当众销毁鸦片,至6月25日结束,共历时23天,销毁鸦片19,187箱和2119袋,总重量2,376,254斤。 中華民國政府後來將虎门销菸的開始日期6月3日定為禁菸節,戒菸專線號碼也由63組成。 (zh)
  • De opiumvernietiging te Humen (uitgesproken als Ggoe-Mun) vond plaats van 3 tot 25 juni 1839 in Humen, een district in Dongguan. Lin Zexu was de aanstichter van deze actie, die aanleiding gaf tot de Eerste Opiumoorlog. In 23 dagen werden 19.187 dozen en 2119 zakken opium vernietigd, met een geschatte waarde van 2.376.254 pond. Lin Zexi liet lange geulen graven en liet hierin de opium opgaan in een mengsel van water, zout en kalk. Aan het einde van dit proces werden de dijken doorbroken en vloeide het mengsel in zee. (nl)
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