75 years ago today, on December 18, 1950 (November 10, 1950 in the lunar calendar), in the 1950s, China eradicated the largest cult, "Yiguandao". In the 1950s, China eradicated the largest cult, "Yiguandao". As a common social phenomenon, the cult was the product of the development of human society to a certain historical stage. Different times, different societies, and different regimes have different views on cults based on different value judgments and moral standards. Cult organizations use methods such as manufacturing and spreading superstitions to deceive others, develop and control their members, mostly under the guise of saving mankind, spreading superstitions and heresies, and usually have a leader who claims to be enlightened and has supernatural powers. They control the masses in the form of secret associations, generally with the main purpose of collecting money by any means. As early as the Ming and Qing dynasties, feudal emperors regarded Huidaomen as a cult. Huidaomen is the combined name of "Huimen" and "Dao Gate". Huidaomen was originally named after the type of weapon, with an emphasis on swallowing talismans and chanting spells, practicing martial arts, and protecting themselves in the local area. Dao gates chanted sutras and worshiped gods, created and spread superstitions and heresies, which were extremely superstitious. Until the period of the Republic of China, some Huidaomen hung the signs of religious groups, public welfare groups or charity groups. Most of these Huidaomen were used by spies and became the largest reactionary organization attempting to fight against the people's government at that time. At that time, there were hundreds of thousands of Taoists and the "First Great Party of Peking". The picture shows that on January 14, 1951, the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau held an exhibition of criminal evidence of Yiguandao entitled "Always Harming the Tao" at the Water Brigade of Zhongshan Park. During the Japanese invasion of China, the Japanese army believed that Yiguandao's "unity of all religions" and "my Tao is consistent" were in line with the spiritual rule needs of the so-called Confucian and Buddhist Shinto, so they used Yiguandao as a tool to paralyze the people and serve their aggression and expansion. In order to seek support, Zhang Guangbi also catered to the Japanese invaders. For a time, large and small traitors entered the Tao one after another, and the people who were suffering from war and chaos were deceived by it, and they also sought peace one after another. At this time, there were many reactionary Taoist organizations, distributed in the vast urban and rural areas of the country, with more than 50 kinds of pseudonyms and side branches, of which there were five kinds with great influence, wide range of activities, and serious harm: Yiguan Dao (also known as Lao Ma Jiao, Tianji Xiantan, Zhenyi Dao), Tongshan Society, Huigen Gate (also known as Purdue Gate, Huangji Gate, Mahayana Gate, Receiving Garden Gate, Central Gate, Yaochi Gate, Puyou Temple, etc.), Huang Society (also known as Divine Weapon Swordsmanship), Nanlin Hall (also known as Confucian Altar, Hengshan Altar, Shengjiao Altar, Qiu Zu You Sect, Music Altar, etc.), there were more than 300 kinds of Taoist gates in the country, with about 820,000 Taoist leaders and backbone members, and about 13 million Taoists. The picture shows that in 1959, the reactionary Taoist organization was destroyed, and the cult members were arrested. After the outbreak of the Korean War, Yiguandao intensified and became more rampant, spreading "The Third World War is about to start, the US and Jiang troops are coming to Beijing, and the Eighth Route Army is about to end" and other remarks. At this time, Yiguandao was not only a feudal superstitious organization that deceived and framed the masses, but also a reactionary political organization that was enemy of the people, the government, and society. It was inevitable to ban it. On October 10, 1950, with the issuance of the "Double Ten Directive", the movement against bandits, spies, bullies, the backbone of the reactionary party group, and the leaders of the reactionary Taoist sect began. On December 18, 1950, the whole city of Beijing acted in unison, and 130 leading members of Yiguandao were arrested almost at the same time. At the same time, the relevant departments of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee carried out targeted propaganda to expose Yiguandao's crimes. Newspapers and periodicals focused on publishing information on Yiguandao's crimes, such as "What is Yiguandao", "The Criminal History of Yiguandao", "The Truth of Fuji", etc., in order to raise the public's awareness of Yiguandao. On January 14, 1951, the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau held an exhibition of Yiguandao's criminal evidence entitled "Consistently Harming the Tao" at the Water Pavilion of Zhongshan Park. There were an endless stream of visitors, up to 4,000 people a day. People saw countless property, gold bricks and silver dollars, jade antiques, as well as large smoking sets, swords, swords, halberds, and so on. Many Daoists felt fooled in the past by scams such as "Fuluan Inviting Immortals" performed in public by the repentant Altar Master of Yiguan Dao and three talents in the exhibition of evidence of sin. After this struggle, Yiguan Dao in Beijing was completely destroyed organizationally and ideologically. It was not until the 1980s that the tide of reform and opening up surged, and China's modernization process accelerated. The complex situation in the period of social transformation has formed a social soil of "mixed fish and dragons, covered with mud and sand". The picture shows members of Yiguan Dao being dragged out of the tunnel. Most of these cults are the resurgence of remnant forces. In the 1980s, the most harmful cult organization was the native apprentice association. In 1985, Ji Sanbao, a farmer in Yao County, Shaanxi Province, distorted the Bible, claiming to be "the Christ established by God," and invented the cult's doctrine "Seven Steps to Spiritual Journey," declaring that "the end of the world is coming" and "those who believe in religion go to heaven, and those who do not believe go to hell." The cult spread heresy, demagoguery, rape women, defraud money, and try to change the dynasty. Its backbone spread "Now darkness is in power, and the devil is in power," threatening to "overthrow the black party and smash the black government," inciting believers to make trouble, and besieging the government. After the joint actions of the public security departments in various provinces to punish criminals according to law, its organization was basically destroyed. The most powerful cult organization imported from abroad at this stage was the "Shout Sect". " The Shouters were founded in California in the mid-1960s by Li Changshou, a Chinese-American. They were called "Shouters" because they advocated that believers use the method of "shouting the Lord's name" to "release the spirit" when gathering. The organization distorted the interpretation of Christian scriptures and tampered with traditional religious ceremonies, which were regarded as heretics by religious circles at home and abroad. The "Shouters" have always been hostile to the Communist Party of China and the people's government. They have adopted an all-round, multi-channel and large-scale strategy to infiltrate the mainland and preach, using the name of tourism and family visits as cover, and entering the country to carry out secret activities. The cult first established itself in the rural areas of Zhejiang, Henan, and Fujian provinces, and quickly spread to other provinces and cities. In just a few years, it spread to 20 provinces and cities, all over the country, and tens of thousands of deceived believers. Since the 1980s, our country has entered a dual era of economic transformation and social transformation. Change and transformation breed vitality and creativity, and also experience destructive anomie in social changes, and even the pain of sin. Contemporary Chinese society has produced a number of bizarre cult organizations. There are 14 cult organizations in contemporary China that use the banner of religion, of which 11 have been infiltrated from abroad. They are the "Shout School", "King of the Rise", "Administrative Deacon Station of Mainland China", "All-Range Church", "Children of the Father", "Damien Mission", "New Testament Church", "Lingxian True Buddha Sect", "Guanyin Dharma Sect", "World Elijah Gospel Mission", and "Unification Church"; there are 3 native-born cults in China, which are the "Apprentice Association", "Lingling Church", and "Three Classes of Servants". The types of ideological resources of contemporary Chinese cult organizations are divided into three categories. The first category is plagiarizing traditional Western religious and cultural resources. This kind of cult leader took a few words from the Christian "Bible", fabricated heresy, and created a god for himself. The originator distorted the "Bible", deified himself as an idol of worship, and established supreme absolute authority in order to realize his arrogant ambitions. In 1988, the original "Shout Sect" was founded by Wu Yangming, who distorted the word "established" in the Gospel of Luther in the Bible, claiming to be "the King established", flaunting himself as the incarnation of Jesus and establishing the "King established" cult. He brazenly deified himself, claiming: "Jesus is outdated, and only the'King established 'is the only true God. He fabricated cult teachings, preached the "doomsday" heresy, and spread the "great calamity is coming, one-third of people will die, and only by believing in'being established as a king 'can they be saved." The second type is to borrow traditional Eastern religious and cultural resources, extract Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and other classic words and phrases, wantonly distort them, fabricate heresy, and self-deify. Such cult organizations mostly imitate Eastern mystical cultivation methods, such as vegetarian food, sitting meditation, etc., and deliberately create a mysterious atmosphere of blind worship of the cult master. For example, in 1998, Xu Chengjiang, the former backbone of "Guanyin Dharma", held a "Dharma promotion" study class in Jilin City, preaching his "submersible practice" "Yuantong Dharma". The cult organization develops believers in the name of "strengthening the body, eliminating disasters and curing diseases". The cult leader cheated money in the name of "offering" and "Yuantong". From November 1998 to March 1999, the cult organization amassed more than 200,000 yuan in "offering" funds in Hunan Province alone. After being governed according to law, the cult's power has been contained. The third category, under the banner of "human science", "cults" Qigong, breeding a number of new cult organizations. These organizations with cult nature under the name of Qigong are mainly based in big cities. Qigong is a health care and health care method in traditional Chinese medicine. It achieves the purpose of strengthening the body through the control of thoughts and the mediation of breathing. All kinds of qigong masters have come to the scene one after another, pretending to be mysterious, boasting of their special abilities, able to see through remote sensing, predict the future, and be able to hide from strange doors and have boundless mana. This wave of witchcraft-like qigong promotes the growth of new cult forces. One of the main hazards of cult organizations is mind control. The cult leader claims to be the supreme "god", which gradually weakens the believers' psychological defense line, distorts their normal personality, and deprives them of their ability to think independently. The political ambitions and desire for power of the cult leader continue to expand with the expansion of his power, planning or encouraging the believers' spirit and behavior to achieve obsession. Cases of self-harm and suicide by obsessives are the consequences of the cult leader's mind control. Illegal wealth accumulation is also one of the dangers of cult organizations. Organizers often use secret associations, requiring believers to cut off or alienate from their family and society, and to sacrifice everything to the cult leader, including their thoughts, property, and even their bodies and lives. The cult leader grabs the "donations" of believers, illegally accumulates money, is extravagant, lewd, and profligate. Violence can be regarded as the greatest harm to cult organizations. The cult leader hyped the end of the world, creating an atmosphere of panic, and making believers fanatical and blind. When the cult leader felt that his "god" status was threatened, he took risks and called for the end of the world, inciting believers to resist violently, violently resisting society, and using suicide, gunfights, poisoning and other crazy means to cause tragic social harm. For example, the "Dami Mission Association" in South Korea preached the coming of the end of the world and planned the "collective ascension to heaven". In 33 townships in 13 cities and counties in Jilin Province, more than 1,200 believers directly participated in the "ascension" activities. The deceived believers were extremely fanatical, working around the clock, praying collectively. They declared: "If Jesus does not come to greet us at midnight, we will take the method of collective suicide to ascend to heaven." The local government quickly took strong measures to stop the "collective ascension" activities in a timely manner and curb the spread of this cult force. Judging from the trend of world history, contemporary cults are an extreme product of the global new religious movement. The practice of struggling with cults in recent years shows that the reasons why the masses are deceived by cult leaders are very complex. It must be admitted that a considerable number of people have been deceived into joining cult organizations because they have a certain religious belief Only by advocating science, establishing the awareness of preventing and resisting cults, cultivating and improving the ability to identify and prevent cults, not listening, not believing, not passing on, and correctly treating life's ups and downs, birth, old age, illness and death, can we prevent and eliminate cults.