1857 in China explained

Events from the year 1857 in China.

Incumbents

Viceroy of Zhili — Guiliang (- Jan.), Tan Tingxiang (Jan. -)
- - Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Wang Yide Viceroy of Huguang — Guanwen Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Yue Bin
- Viceroy of Liangguang — Ye Mingchen Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Hengchun then Wu Zhenyu
- Viceroy of Sichuan — Wu Zhenyu then Wang Qingyun Viceroy of Liangjiang — Zhao Dezhe then He Guiqing

Canton — Gin Chow, (1857 – 1933) Chinese immigrant who gained fame in California as a prophet and fortune teller able to predict the weather and other natural events
Penang, British Malaya — Gu Hongming, (1857 – 1928) was a British Malaya born Chinese man of letters. He also used the pen name "Amoy Ku", later served in the Qing government
Chengdu — Li Donghai, (1857–1938) a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner
October 18, Dantu, Jiangsu — Liu E, (1857 – 1909) writer, archaeologist and politician of the late Qing Dynasty
Gansu — Ma Qixi (1857–1914), a Hui from Gansu, was the founder of the Xidaotang, a Chinese-Islamic school of thought
Hefei, Anhui — Li Jingxi (1857-?) politician in the Republic of China. He was the Premier of State Council in May–July 1917.[1]
20 September 1857 — Imperial Noble Consort Gongsu (1857 – 1921) consort of the Tongzhi Emperor of the Qing dynasty
Jiangsu — Mary Tape (1857–1934) was a desegregation activist who fought for Chinese-Americans' access to education, notably in the case Tape v. Hurley in 1885