Historical influence of Humenxiaoyan 虎门销烟的历史意义

Humenxiaoyan some extent to curb the proliferation of opium in China, has had a positive impact in the folk. Secondly, the anti-smoking campaign has greatly increased the understanding of the majority of Chinese people on the dangers of opium, a lot of people to see the essence of the British opium trade to China, to awaken people's sense of patriotism. After this incident, Non-Smoking hero Lin Zexu been revered as a national hero. Its corruption, marked by integrity and the quality is also very descendants lips. However, Humenxiaoyan "and there is no effective rescue China veering British aggression against China but to accelerate. The reason is that the anti-smoking campaign directly damage the interests of the British bourgeoisie, the British government quickly decided to launch a long-planned war of aggression against China, "Humenxiaoyan foreign powers launched the Opium War" has become the fuse. From this perspective, "Humenxiaoyan" accelerate the pace of China's semi-colonial, largely promoted the development of China's modern history.