New Deal And Transformation Of Social Customs In Late Qing Dynasty

The social customs, an important constituent part of human being's culture, which had evolvedgradually in several thousands of years in certain rules, finally displays as a life style of people.However in the last ten years of Qing Dynasty when policies and measures of a omni directionalsocial reform were pushed by the government, a special social ethos of the transforming societywas shown when the developing society was extremely active. The conventionality-breaking greatvicissitude of social customs in short period, with new characteristics of high speed, large scopeand deep extent, was interrelated with the government policies, which fully displayed the rule oftight mutuality by administrative measures to the social vicissitude.In education, the abolishment of the imperial examination and the foundation of the new styleschool accelerated the transformation of the social customs in the late Qing Dynasty. Education isthe foundation of the development of a nation, and also link with the social customs closely. Thereform of the imperial civil service examination system helped to bring about the new style schooland the tide of study abroad. It brought in the new style of study, the cohesion of the studentsstrengthened and the enthusiasm to take part in the social affairs advanced. The excessiveemphasis of force had been changed and the conception of democracy and equality had beenprevailed. The building of the school for women also promoted the change of the social customs.With the rapid development of economy advocated by the Qing Dynasty, the customs rooted init also changed a lot. An ethos of attaching importance to commerce appeared in the society. As anew social estate, they began to play a more and more important role in the society. The singleproduction pattern of agriculture and handicraft industry changed with reforming. Many kinds ofeconomic construction quickened the transformation of social customs. Then, with thedevelopment of economy, the concepts of consuming changed.The ethos in the officialdom refreshed to some extent because of the reform in political policiesby the government. Firstly, it brought the phenomenon of learning new knowledge,improving...