Exploring the Microhistory of Huizhou's Social and Cultural Development: A Study of Newly Discovered Civilian Archives and Documents from the 16th to the 20th Centuries

Author: Wang Zhenzhong
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: Here are the ancient villages in southern Anhui listed as World Cultural Heritage, and currently the largest number of folk document in China known. The author, with his own efforts, collected a large number of Huizhou document manuscripts and copies, sifting through the sands, lighting the gold candle, and exploring the subtle. Focusing on the daily life and social culture of the people, the rare documents from the field greatly expand the field of Huizhou studies and will certainly promote the in-depth study of social and cultural history since the Ming and Qing dynasties.