本世纪40年代初,湘黔边苗族人民的“跳仙会”起义,是一次以宗教形式发动的反对国民党政府反动统治的革命斗争。当时,称为“神兵起义”或“木刀起义”,永绥(今湘西花垣县)一带则叫“麻王运动”。一、“跳仙会”起义的原因 1938年,苗民革屯抗日力量被瓦解后,国民党反动派加紧对苗民的压迫和剥削。他们在苗区增收苛捐杂税,四处抓丁派款,垄断食盐贸易,广大苗民过着极其困苦和悲惨的生活。当时,在湘西苗族中流传着这样的民谣:“有钱是县长的,有谷子是财主的,有猪羊是队长 At the beginning of 1940s, the “Hop-off Fair” revolt of the Miao people in the border areas of Hunan and Guizhou was a revolutionary struggle against the Kuomintang government’s reactionary rule launched by religion. At that time, known as the “magic army uprising” or “wood knife Uprising”, Yongsui (now Xiangxi Huayuan County) area is called “Ma Wang movement.” I. THE REASON OF THE “JUMP JUNIOR” Uprising KMT reactionaries stepped up the oppression and exploitation of the Miao people in Mukden in 1938 after the anti-Japanese forces were disintegrated. In the Miao District, they increased exorbitant levies and miscellaneous taxes, grabbed money and sent money everywhere, monopolizing salt trade, and the majority of Miao people lived an extremely bitter and miserable life. At that time, in the Miao in Xiangxi in the spread of such folk: "rich is the county magistrate, there are millet is the rich man, a pig is the captain