A Research On The Lives Of Commoner Women In Shuntianfu During The Ming Dynasty

Since the relocation of the capital to Shuntianfu in the Ming Dynasty,Beijing became the political centre of the country.In the early Ming dynasty,the imperial court promoted the restoration and development of the province by relocating the population,building corridors and establishing cantonments.As the capital of the Ming dynasty was located in the northern part of the city,it was inevitable that the social customs of the city would be influenced by the customs of the northern minority groups.After the Ming court moved the capital,a large number of southerners moved north,bringing advanced agricultural and handicraft production techniques to the province,which objectively promoted economic and cultural exchanges between the north and the south.The large number of imperial nobles and bureaucratic groups,as well as merchants and craftsmen from all over the country,led to a large demand for consumer goods in Shuntianfu,and included a certain amount of demand for luxury goods.The large demand for consumer goods objectively contributed to the development and dynamism of the commodity economy in the province.In the middle and late Ming dynasty,with the rapid development of the commodity economy,the ruling class of the Shuntianfu gradually from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty,the style of simplicity and frugality to extravagance and pleasure,in this social environment,the Shuntianfu common women’s life has also developed some changes,and thus the emergence of some new weather.First of all,the social participation of the common women of the Shuntianfu was increasing,and the common women of the Shuntianfu were involved in commercial activities in the middle and late Ming dynasty,and the common women of the Shuntianfu had more opportunities to work in the palace,which was a significant expression of their participation in social activities.Secondly,in addition to the increased social participation of Shuntianfu common women,the fact that there were more officials in the capital and that they lived more extravagantly led to the fact that officials in the capital were more likely to buy Shuntianfu women as concubines,and for the lower and middle class common women,concubinage and marriage fraud became a way of survival,presenting a complex and diverse phenomenon,especially in Ming dynasty novels."The two words ’lewd and lazy’ were used to describe the women of the Shuntianfu.Finally reflected in the Shuntianfu common women’s clothing new changes,in addition to the common women’s clothing colour,material,pattern and jewellery,in the later stages of the emergence of the advocate of "Hu clothing" and"clothing demon" style.With the development of society,the travel activities of the common women of the Shuntianfu became more recreational and leisurely in nature,and all aspects of the lives of the common women of the Shuntianfu in the Ming dynasty changed under the influence of a combination of economic,political,ideological,cultural and social factors in the mid and late Ming dynasty.The study of the changes in the lives of common women in the Shuntianfu during the Ming dynasty is a microcosm of the history of social development during the Ming dynasty and is of great progressive significance.