The Righteous Harmony Society (Traditional: 義和團; Simplified: 义和团; Hanyu Pinyin: Yìhétuán); was a society in China that executed the unsuccessful Boxer Rebellion in the closing years of the 19th century. They were anti-foreign (originally against the government, but eventually turning against the Christian converts and the colonizing foreign powers). There are two theories how they acquired their western nickname "The Boxers". One says it's from their unique style of kung fu. They believed that they could, through training, perform extraordinary feats, such as flying and being immune to the Westerner's bullets. More likely though, their name was mistranslated as Fists of Righteous Harmony (Traditional: 義和拳; Simplified: 义和拳; Hanyu Pinyin: Yìhéquán; Wade-Giles: I-Ho Ch'üan), which still appears in western encyclopediae. Also, according to Small Planet communications, The society was started in the Northern Shandong province, desperate people soon supported the society, and believed that peace wouldn not bring them hunger. Another known name for the boxers was "spirit soldiers". These soldiers belived that they were blessed with immortality to foreign bullets. Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin (拼音, Pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin used in the... Boxer forces, 1900 photograph The Boxer Uprising (Traditional: 義和團起義; Simplified: 义和团起义; Hanyu Pinyin: ; The Righteous and Harmonious Fists) was an uprising against Western commercial and political influence in China during the final years of the 19th century, from November 1899 to September 7, 1901. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ... Alternative meaning: Kung Fu (TV series) Kung fu or gongfu (功夫, Pinyin: gōngfu) is a well-known Chinese term used in the West to designate Chinese martial arts. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiÇŽntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiÇŽnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin (拼音, Pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin used in the... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ...

The movement was supported by Empress Cixi.

The movement has many striking similarities to the Ghost Dance cult of American Indians. The Ghost Dance by the Ogalala Lakota at Pine Ridge The Ghost Dance, also known as the Ghost Dance of 1890, as noted in historical accounts, is a millennialist spiritual movement among Native Americans that began toward the end of 1888 and reached its peak just before the Wounded Knee...