Social and Cultural Changes in Contemporary Rural Zhejiang North

Author: Zhang Letian
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Publish Date: 2001-12-01
Features: A nation with a glorious history and great culture has encountered a major transformation in over a century, a change unseen in three thousand years. In this transformation, people suffer from the debate between the ancient and modern, the Chinese and Western, while also seeking a path for the nation through this debate. As a result, there have been successive intellectual trends and social reforms. This process reflects the historical evolution from the Middle Ages to the modern era. This evolution has been driven by pressure; under pressure, there is no leisure. Each generation leaves behind simplification and partiality due to its urgency and confusion, but each generation also advances modernization through its efforts—thus, we hear the echoes of five thousand years of history stirring in the metabolism.