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Double Tenth Day

Double Tenth Day (雙十節 shuang1 shi2 jie2) is the national day of the Republic of China (now on Taiwan) and celebrates the start of the Wuchang Uprising (October 10, 1911) which led to the collapse of the Qing dynasty.

See also: History of China



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