In The 1920 S Of Jiangnan Towns Folk

Xunzi the Theory of music says that Tend to actions and have the honestambition, lofty courtesy cultivation behavior of steady. Listen clearly with ears, seedistinct with the eyes, be smart and in good health. Refreshing the Custom the worldwill be in peace. However, good customs have become the Social ideals which werepursued by rulers and scholars in every dynasty. After Revolution of1911, China notonly ended a few thousand years of feudalism, but also opened up the greattransformation of the traditional social customs. Especially the outbreak of the MayFourth Movement, opened the prelude of a new culture of the Enlightenment,intellectuals hold high the banner of democracy and science, the introduction of newcustoms, new channels, improved customs, trying to reconstruct a new society, topromote the Chinese traditional society gradually towards modernization.By the impact of this progressive thought, the cultural enlightenment andrefinement existed in the towns in the south of yellow river in the1920s. Set Shengzefor example, when the new intellectuals set up the newspaper office and newspaperreading room, gave speeches and set up social reform organizations, carried out aseries of civilian education and other folk transformation activities, in order to achievethe idea of promoting democracy and science for the purpose, and regain decadent,the transformation of society, and develop industries. Newspapers arguments were putforward to improve old season practices, marriage customs, religious beliefs andcustoms of industry and recreation customs reform. On the one hand, those advancedscholars consciously got rid of feudal customs, washed away the old contaminatedcustoms; on the other hand, they advocated the systematic introduction of scientific,healthy and civilized Western customs. They advocated the breaking superstition oftraditional customs to luxury, thrifty, and science, advocating marriage freedom andimproved the quality of the cultural and social status of women, advocating healthy,civilized, scientific Western lifestyle.In the development of customs, intellectuals introduced the elite values to socialpeople through newspapers. Though having achieved some success, there is notcomplete and not lasting in some fields. Through the dominant cultural enlightenmentand refinement, Intellectuals became the bond of national and social dialogue. Theyhad the traditional value system and a positive living attitude; especially theanti-traditional as the purport cherish the trends of the new philosophy of life andindependent personality quality, fulfillment ideal town village to the socio-politicaland cultural modernization.