In 1911, the Qing Dynasty teetered on the brink of collapse, with the New Army in Wuchang City serving as the last hope to uphold the Qing government's rule. Yet, within the ancient walls of Wuchang, a group of revolutionaries was plotting to overthrow the corrupt regime through armed revolution. In May, a mass movement erupted in the neighboring province of Sichuan. The nervous rulers hastily dispatched part of the Wuchang New Army to suppress it. With military strength in Wuchang weakened, the revolutionaries sensed the opportune moment for an uprising had arrived. However, the path to rebellion was fraught with setbacks: While revolutionary leaders were deploying their plans, soldiers from the Nanhu Artillery Camp in the southern part of the city got drunk and caused a disturbance, inadvertently leaking news of the uprising—the first failed attempt. Later, while manufacturing explosives in the Hankou concession, a mishandling caused a bomb to explode. The list of revolutionaries was seized, forcing their leaders to flee the city—the second failed attempt. Determined to act sooner, the revolutionaries decided to advance the uprising, but a citywide lockdown by the rulers prevented the message from reaching the soldiers in time—the third failed attempt. During this period, the rulers launched a hysterical counterattack, conducting extensive raids across the city and executing key revolutionary figures. Peng Chupan, Liu Fuji, and Yang Hongsheng were martyred. At the most critical juncture, the grassroots soldiers resolved to save themselves. At dusk on October 10, a single gunshot from the rebelling soldiers ignited a surge of voices, and the uprising erupted. Hearing the gunfire, soldiers from various barracks joined the action, training their cannons on the Viceroy's Office. After fierce combat, the Qing forces retreated step by step, and high-ranking officials fled one after another. By the early hours of the 11th, the revolutionaries' Eighteen-Star Flag was raised atop Wuchang's city gate tower. On October 17, 1911, a sacrificial ceremony to Heaven was held at Wuchang's Yuema Square, symbolizing victory and issuing a revolutionary call to the entire nation. The people were overwhelmed with emotion. This uprising and the nationwide revolution that followed brought an end to over two thousand years of monarchical rule in China.