FTP identify this movement which embraced the "earth element" symbolized by the colored head dresses sported by its adherents.
Their suppression helped to elevate Ts'ao Ts'ao to supreme leadership in the North Its leader declared that the time of the "blue heaven" was over and took advantage of a widespread pestilence to spread his messianic version of Taoism. Under Chang Chueh the rebels massacred the eunuchs and threatened the stability of the Han dynasty. FTP identify this movement which embraced the "earth element" symbolized by the colored head dresses sported by its adherents.
Their suppression helped to elevate Ts'ao Ts'ao to supreme leadership in the North
Yellow Turban rebellion