The Study Of The Coastwise Fishermen In Fujian Province Since The Ming And Qing Dynasties

Fujian back to the mountain faces the sea, the fishery is important industry all the time, for generations the fisherman works industriously in sea,"takes the sea as field, takes fishing as food", not only having promoted Fujian marine economy prosperity, also having created characteristic sea culture and the islands culture.This thesis takes the Fujian sea fisherman as the Object of study, drawing support from the document data and the field investigation, giving a view upon the politics, economy, culture and so on, emphatically discussing the changes and the characteristics about fisherman's life, makes a comprehensive research to the fisherman during the time of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Meanwhile,the text attempts to affirm fisherman's history contribution and the unique fishing culture connotation depending on the fisherman behavior and the Spiritual research.The thesis has traced the Fujian glorious fishery tradition,pointed out Fishing political affairs of the past dynasties government had been experienced the periods from the liberalized fishing to limit management. Stemming from the safe consideration, The Ming and Qing governments exerted many to restrict the fisherman, but it just encountered the peak of china developing ocean,which established the fine basis for the later generation. The Fujian fisherman has made extremely large contribution in cultivating ocean. Through the fishery levies duty they have supported the country and local finance,have promoted the Fujian development of the economy, and no doubtedly in developing the channel, the fishery and the island, they have been playing an indispensable role in the history. The fisherman strove for success in the unpredictable sea, had formed the unique production way and the belief convention.Since the reform and open policy, their production technology also had gradually made a development from tradition to modernization and Scientification while they were hardworking in the sea. But the group was still a vulnerable one, needs much social attention.