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Where did the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom finally perish?
1in April, 872, Li Wencai, the remnant of Shi Dakai, fell in Datang, Guizhou, which was the last verifiable anti-Qing armed force under the banner of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and theoretically the last Taiping Army. Many scholars believe that the end of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement should be marked by the collapse of Li Wencai Department.