The Research Of Huizhou Daily And Huizhou Women In The Republic Of China

Huizhou area was located in the south mountainous area of Anhui province. Women living in this area had been coming under many kinds of bounds, especially chastity view, which formed from its distinctive humanities and geography circumstance. Before 20th century, they were durance by the feudalism completely as a weak group in society. With the build of the Republic of China, a whole new political system pushed all stratums of the society into a world-shaking change. The restrict ion between Chinese traditional family and society, which was lasting for more than 2000 years, began to disappear. The marriage system aimed to maintaining the family and the stability of society had also been impacted.The Republic of China was a period of women release and self-positioning afresh. "New women", who accepted new education idea, resisted on old-society's tie for themselves'freedom and independence. However, easier political and social circumstance was a kind of support to those women who wanted to get a high situation in the area of economy, society and family, there remained lots of old thoughts and restrictions standing on their way to getting democracy.Huizhou Daily holding the idea of reporting objectively was organized by some Hui Shang living outside of Huizhou in order to accelerate the construction of New Huizhou, which was the first local newspaper in the region. It was published at October 10th,1932 at first time, and ended in 1949, which lasted more than 17 years, as an newspaper which had longest publication period, widest covering and biggest influence in that period. Huizhou Daily not only paid a lot of attention to the society and economy of Huizhou, but also concerned about Huizhou women who were important power in the society.With the development of communication, the new vogue also made this close mountainous area into a new appearance. Huizhou women began to aware of their own value after some of them had educated. Some of them began to think of themselves'marriage happy and career instead of being arranged by their parents beforetime. Some of them chosen the law to be their weapon after a long-miserable marriage in order to get freedom of right. But for those women who cannot get their right through a normal channel, the only way of holding their hope was escape and hide forever. We can see all these fight and strive in the advertisement and report.Huizhou Daily concerned the true living status of Huizhou women, and offered a channel for their self-protection. At the same time, in the editor of Huizhou Daily, firstly, it use literature work and advanced views to propagate women liberation idea and lead public opinion, which aroused Huizhou women to fight against the old system more bravely for their own benefit. Secondly, it also opened up some kinds of supplements for women, which were aimed at increasing newspaper's power and clear its standpoint.At last, it can get the conclusion that as a powerful media, Huizhou Daily played an important roll in publicizing advanced women liberation idea and holding public opinion through all-above analyzing. Because of the limit of that period and the lack of materials, there are still some other shortcoming, such as Huizhou women's life living except their marriage and the effect of Huizhou Daily.This article mainly takes all the advertisement, report, comment and supplement as study objects coming from Huizhou Daily. Writer expects that from the study of Huizhou Daily, we can find out how it pushed positively in women liberation, and also give a help to the research of Huizhou women in the Republic of China.