Illustrated Changes in Chinese Social Life Over a Century. Etiquette · Rural Sentiment · Religion

Author: Zhong Fulan
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Publish Date: 2001-12-01
Features: This book is not a general, superficial topical work. It has gathered the years of research achievements of the Shanghai Folk Culture Society. Whether in writing or in collecting and selecting images, it holds certain academic value and content. However, despite this, due to the limitations of our understanding and the scarcity of materials, there may be instances where typical scenes or specific images are not fully captured or are incomplete.
People-centered, with the people as the main subject, is the biggest feature of this book. For nearly a century in China, the vast majority of the people—whether it was vendors, laborers, merchants, peasant women, or ordinary folk—were not to be overlooked. At the same time, those political giants, revolutionary martyrs, famous scholars, renowned painters, and talented artists who led the mainstream of social life and represented the "" of social progress must also be highlighted as key subjects. When collecting images of these public figures, the book views them as ordinary people—the subjects of social change.