At present, the study of Chinese social history and life history are closely integrated and eye-catching. Since the reform and opening up, the study of Chinese social history has achieved fruitful results in life history, regional history, and thematic history; among them, the concept of "social life" is mostly used in the study of life history, which is an important feature of social history research in the new period.
However, in recent years, the concept of "daily life" has been emphasized in the study of life history, and the study of the history of daily life has become popular from "social life" to "daily life".
In fact, the history of everyday life has become an important area of academic research overseas. The study of the history of daily life is multi-perspective and interdisciplinary, and with its unique value, it has become an academic trend, because people are increasingly not satisfied with looking at history at the structural level, but hope to understand the cultural significance of ordinary people's lives.
The study of the history of daily life "sees people and sees things", with flesh and blood, including food, clothing, shelter, lifestyle, life etiquette, interpersonal relations, marriage and family, culture and entertainment, seasonal festivals, religion and spiritual beliefs, funeral customs, emperor worship, etc.
The "Daily Life Series of Ancient Chinese Society" launched by the China Workers Publishing House includes many works on "daily life" by well-known historians such as Feng Erkang, Chang Jianhua, Yi Yongwen, etc., understanding the reality of human life from seemingly trivial objects such as birth, communication, leisure activities, and consumption behavior, covering all aspects of life from the royal family to the common people.
"Ancient Chinese Idle Trivia"
By Iyongwen
Published by China Workers Publishing House
Mr. Yi Yongwen, a famous historian and professor of the College of Literature of Heilongjiang University, introduced all levels of ancient Chinese society in the form of cultural essays, taking the game leisure as the scripture, taking the novelty of nature as the weft, and using the academic popularization tone to tell the leisurely past from the imperial garden of the imperial palace to the lu lane of the city, vividly reproducing the life of traditional Chinese.
"Daily Life and Social Customs of the Ancients"
by Von Erkang
Historian Mr. Feng Erkang's reading history notes. This book takes the social life of the ancients as the scope, and the content includes the regulation and fashion of the ancients' clothing and ornaments, the marriage and family life of the ancients, the reproduction, death, funeral, migration and social relief of the population, the group life of the people in the social structure, and the cultural entertainment of the ancients.
Festivals in Ancient Chinese
By Chang Jianhua
Mr. Chang Jianhua, president of the Chinese Society of Social History and professor of the School of History of Nankai University, on the basis of drawing on the research results of scholars at home and abroad, systematically sorted out the literature on the festivals of the New Year, and tried to more accurately, meticulously and systematically reflect the basic appearance of the festivals of the Han people in ancient China, and put forward some new theories.
Marriage and Family of Women in Ancient China
This book is composed of three parts: traditional marriage system and customs, women's topics, and ming and qing family studies. In the book, Mr. Chang Jianhua, president of the Chinese Society of Social History and professor of the School of History of Nankai University, in addition to introducing the cultural history knowledge related to ancient marriage and family, also sorted out and discussed the special women's groups and family systems and family style and family training in history through the form of special topics.
The Daily Life of Citizens in the Song Dynasty
Mr. Yi Yongwen, a famous historian and professor of the College of Literature of Heilongjiang University, introduced all aspects of the life of the citizens of the Song Dynasty in the form of cultural essays, including chronological sequences, different styles, games of winning money and gambling, sports, skills, fire prevention techniques, the art of eating, marriage and childbirth customs, leisure life, etc., vividly reproducing the daily life of the citizens of the Song Dynasty.
《Ming Dynasty Social Daily Life》
Mr. Yi Yongwen, a famous historian and professor of the College of Literature of Heilongjiang University, took the Ming Dynasty novels, operas and other public literature materials as the basic historical materials, and after detailed and careful selection, and cross-reference with the historical records, used the form of pictures and texts to outline the basic situation of the daily life of the Ming Dynasty in more detail.
《Qing Dynasty Social Daily Life》
In this book, historian Mr. Feng Erkang talks about some phenomena in people's lives during the Qing Dynasty -- these phenomena involve the Qing Dynasty system, policies, concepts, production methods, the relationship between social economy and people's lives, how foreigners view Chinese, etc., the personality and fate of historical figures expressed in life, and the role of social life in historical evolution.
Editor: Zhou Yiqian