| In the history of the development of Henan province during Ming and Qing Dynasties,people paid more attention to the cultural accumulation and political status of Luoyang and Kaifeng,while scholars mainly studied the commercial development and economic status of Zhuxian Town,Daokou Town,Zhoujiakou Town,Sheqidian Town and Qinghua Town,while the central region with Zhengzhou as the main body was rarely known.Zhengzhou Region with convenient transportation,commercial prosperity,the grassroots social situation is typical.It not only retains the typical characteristics of the grassroots social people in Central China,such as attaching to one's native land and unwilling to leave it,simple social customs and traditional ideas,but also greatly influenced by the outside world due to the convenient transportation.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties,the development and reform of social economy,ideology and culture had a strong impact on the social life in zhengzhou.The changes of social life in Zhengzhou during the Ming and Qing Dynasties was mainly manifested in three aspects.First,the regional economy.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties,the developments of agriculture,handicraft industry and transportation industry in Zhengzhou area are rapid,professional market gradually appear,the market system gradually improve,trade with the outside world is more frequent.The wheat,cotton,Chinese medicinal materials and other means of livelihood produced in Zhengzhou Region have been involved in the nationwide commodity circulation.The textile industry,mining industry,oil making industry and pharmaceutical industry have become mature as the main handicraft industries,while the transportation industry has developed rapidly due to its geographical advantages.Although the overall economic development level of Zhengzhou Region in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was not as good as that of Luoyang and Kaifeng,it was quite successful because of its unique development advantages.Second,the folk belief.In the folk beliefs in zhengzhou during the Ming and Qing Dynasties,the complex god system and the idea of karma in the circle of good and evil constructed the main body of people's spiritual world,and the formation of people's world outlook and the concept of ghosts and gods were closely related to them.The types and functions of gods and goddesses in folk beliefs influence people's thinking habits and behavior patterns.Belief in deities spontaneously maintains social ethics and grassroots order,and complements the gap in the ideological field beyond the control of morality and law.In the aspect of belief expression,the numerous Divination thoughts of farmer's proverb and the traditional festivals formed by folk beliefs are also closely related to the social life at the grassroots level.Third,the folk customs.The vicissitude of folk customs is the main forms of regional economic development and the dissemination of folk beliefs.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties,the local customs in Zhengzhou changed significantly,and with the development of commodity economy,there was a trend from frugality to extravagance.According to the differences in the level of development,the more developed Zhengzhou,Yuzhou county's customs are more extravagant,the less developed Mixian county,Dengfeng county 's customs are relatively simple.In the Ming and Qing Dynasties,the spread and development of folk beliefs in Zhengzhou,the changes in the types and functions of gods and goddesses,and the differences in the expression of beliefs all had a certain impact on folk customs. |
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