Songs And Ming Society

Songs is part of social life, is a vivid reflection of the social life of a certainhistorical period, has a broad cultural connotations. Many social problems in the MingDynasty, the produce of the songs of a wealth of material, the public through the songsreflect the many aspects of social life. The thesis is divided into four parts.Introduction, a brief introduction of the status quo of the Ming Dynasty songs andpointed out to be more in-depth research. The introduction section details the significanceof the topics and research methods to use.The first chapter: introduce the Ming Dynasty ballad literature and geographicaldistribution, as well as the focus, characteristics.Chapter second: Songs of the Ming Dynasty in all sectors of society to reflect, theliterati class and ordinary people, through the comparison of the two, the former focuseson the political and cultural aspects, which focused on the aspects of daily life.Chapter third: Songs of the Ming Dynasty in the reflection of social life, the rulingclass performance in family life, food, clothing, religious beliefs, imperial examination.Ordinary people for agricultural production, tax corvee, natural disasters, folklore,customs, local customs and practices.Chapter fourth: Songs of the Ming Dynasty the reflection of social problem,political corruption, land annexation and refugees, the serious problem of the peasantuprising. The dark political formation as well as caused by the disaster and the peasantuprising is huge.