Following the Wuchang Uprising which occurred in the city of Wuchang, right next to Hankou, the number of Hankou "piaohao" decreased in a very short amount of time, during the Qing dynasty in the year 1881 the city of Hankou counted a total of 33 "piaohao", while only 31 years later immediately following the proclamation of the Republic of China in 1912 the number of "piaohao" only counted 5.