Memory And Imagination

Newspaper,as a recorder,witnesses the historical process that an ancient city took a leapfrog from backward and poor to a rapid-developing modern one,and itself comes to be an indispensable role to be researched.The study towards Xi'an is quite common in very areas,but very few in specific perspective,especially through newspaper supplements to unfold the general outlook of Xi'an during Republic of China.This paper tried to return the original shape of Xi'an,exhibited daily life of the mass during 1919?1927,investigated the relationship bond between newspaper supplements and the region development.Since this period,from 1919 to 1927,known as the initial stage of the New Democratic Revolution,several great-impact incidents taken place within,such as The May forth movement,The founding of the communist party of China,The first Kuomintang-Chinese communist cooperation and the establishment of Nanjing national government,also the 918 Incident etc.During which,the burgeoning newspaper aimed at the same pressing issues,including domestic politics,regime shift and the combat between two parties.All make newspaper an epitome of the society,full of rampant political struggle.Conversely,the supplements maintained intact from violation,connected with local culture and human conditions,display own characteristics in maximum degree.Xi'an was fading away during this time when compared with itself once to be 13 dynasties capital city in its great and splendid history,lack of out-coming investment,popularization of advanced technology and culture,few pioneer with ambition failed to bring new finance system to this land,left behind by coastal cities like Guangzhou,Shanghai,Tianjin in many areas.Warlord FengYuxiang and YuYouren once tried to lead the way to reform and revitalize the economy,unfortunately,the limited traffic situation curb the development greatly,as a result,all the resources and talents were isolated from this land,even everything was waited to be recover.Until 1935,Longhai railway broke the deadlock and brought the prosperity.This period between 1919 and 1927,Xi'an experienced a transitional stage,city function and structure undergone a transformation gradually.The proliferation of the circulation bred public and private two kinds of newspaper.On the other hand,the spirit need from the mass in turn impaled the development of newspaper.The supplements began to raise because of the entertainment function and rich content,gain a place in sight gradually,which also used by intellectuals to spread new culture and new ideas.Newspaper revealed a prototype in every aspects of the society,more importantly,depicted the daily life that combined tradition and modern.The contents of these supplements were concerned about social development,some focus on people's lives,reflecting the face and dynamics of the Xi'an area,and even participated in the modernization of the development of Xi'an.The modernized thoughts conveyed by the supplement enlightened significantly to the modern transformation in Xi'an.At the time of internal and external situation,the task of democratic revolution was arduous.Intellectuals and patriots used the mass media as a powerful tool to promote thought and reform society.They attacked warlords and imperialist aggression and spread modern ideas and scientific theories.The introduction of Marxism in Shanxi,after the supplements possess both entertainment and political functions,number of interactive interactions with readers occurred,set a base to the formation of public participation space.From the "auxiliary filler" evolved into an indispensable special layout.The text of the supplements not only recorded the tradition but also innovation of Xi'an as the lead city in the northwest,built an ideal modern city in the text,left a profound impact to the modernization of Xi'an.