Although the White Lotus Religion is not an advanced organization, it is clear that in the movie Tsui Hark is using the White Lotus Religion to map the Boxers, and the White Lotus Religion has taken the blame.
If I remember correctly, the White Lotus Sect was anti-Qing, and in the late Qianlong period, it turned from prosperity to decline, and there was the influence of the White Lotus Sect uprising.
The big background in the movie, coupled with Fu Qing and extermination of foreign countries, and it is obvious that the big brothers of the Boxer Regiment should be the ones who set up the altar. I don't know why Tsui Hark asked the White Lotus Sect to take the blame.
Is it because of the Boxer's qualitative problem in the mainland, to pass the trial? Let's discuss it.
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