| Anhui Province has a superior geographical environment for coal formation,rich in coal resources,has been widely developed in the Q ing Dynasty,there are eight provinces,one prefecture 23 counties production,geographically widely distributed in Anhui,conce ntrated in the southern Anhui mountains and northern Anhui plain pattern,has initially shown the rudiments of modern coal industry,proved its breadth and depth.Through the accumulation of long-term production and life experience,the application of coal became more and more extensive and important until the Q ing Dynasty.People in the Q ing Dynasty had a profound understanding of the nature and classification of coal,formed a relatively complete technical system of coal mining,and had a broader understa nding of the use of coal.Due to the backward technology,low management and workers’ technical quality and other factors,mining accidents often occurred in the Q ing Dynasty coal mining,which caused a very bad impact,making the coal mining industry not only an extremely dangerous profession,but also greatly reduced the social reputation of the industry,resulting in a large number of casualties.Although the government has taken steps to protect workers and improve the mining industry,it has not funda mentally changed the situation of frequent safety accidents.The vigorous development of coal mining industry has brought positive or negative influences to society and nature.O n the one hand,the coal mining industry promotes the development of related industries and stimulates the growth of economic benefits,but its growth dividends do not affect the coal workers,who are still living a poor life and low treatment,and the negative impact of the coal mining development has stigmatized the industry,which also hinders the healthy development of the coal mining industry.How to deal with the negative influence of Anhui coal mining industry and the modernization transformation of Anhui coal mining industry in the late Q ing Dynasty was also an important issue faced by officials and people in the Q ing Dynasty.When dealing with these problems,officials and people in the Q ing Dynasty were inevitably affected by the old ideas and adopted a general but swinging policy of banning mines.After entering modern times,although the coal mines in Anhui Province went to the road of modernization,influenced by factors such as technology,capital,backward concept and economic plunder of foreign powers,the development of Anhui coal mining industry conforming to the trend of The Times was not smooth sailing in the Qing Dynasty. |