| After the 1911 Revolution,The Republic of China had just set up.The nation-state remained mired in crisis.The salvation of nation was still the theme of the times.To improve society was the most urgent task.As the foundation of society,the family determines the society’s quality.It is an effective way to reform the society from the improvement of the family.The room is the material carrier of the family,which plays a defense role,has a great impact on the happiness of life,and even affects the formation of national character.Therefore,the room issue was heatedly discussed during the Republic of China.At the same time,the imagination of the ideal room frequently appeared in newspapers and magazines.In addition to its natural properties,the home space also carried a very rich ideological and cultural implications.Living room as a man-made living space,its different forms of production and development are resultd in political,economic,cultural,technological factors.The construction of the ideal room is the imagination for the ideal state of the room.On the one hand,it can not be bound by the actual conditions,which is the real concept of person.On the other hand,the concept of people is inevitably marked with the imprint of the times,so the ideal room can also be seen as a reflection of social culture。After 17—year innovation in the early Republic of China,The ladies’ Journal,published in 1915 to 1931,was a reflection on the family social problems at that time.So it has great historical research value.The issue of the room was discussed through the period of the journal.By combing the discussion on the ideal home in The Ladies’ Journal,we can analyse the redefinition of family space,the personalization of space arrangement and combination,the new requirements for furnishings,and redefinition of the status and responsibilities of family members.In a new perspective,we can find the different faces of history,the development of individual home concept,and the social and cultural changes。... |
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