Modern times: refers to the period from May 4th, 2009 (May 4th Movement) to the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC) on October 6th, 2009 (1949).
Contemporary: refers to 1949, 10, 1 since the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Modernity is the era of imperialism and proletarian revolution; In history, it usually refers to the era when the proletariat won the socialist revolution, which is called "modernity". That is to say, the era of red revolution in exchange for blood should be an era of blood and sweat, and it should be "modernity".
19 17 Russia's October socialist revolution opened a new era of human history and marked the beginning of modern world history (postmodernism). It is generally believed that the modern history of China began with the May 4th Movement in 19 19 (entering the period of new-democratic revolution).
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Several famous historical events in the modern history of China;
1, Westernization Movement
The Westernization Movement, also known as the self-improvement movement, refers to the improvement movement of "learning from foreigners to control foreigners" initiated by the Westernization School all over the country from 186 1 (Xianfeng started at the end of October) to 1894.
After the two Opium Wars, the ruling class of the Qing government was divided into "Westernization School" and "Old School" on how to solve a series of problems of internal and external troubles. The Westernization School advocated developing new industries, enhancing national strength and maintaining the feudal rule of the Qing government. It also laid a certain foundation for China's modernization.
2. Xinhai Revolution
The Revolution of 1911 was 19 1 1 year, and the Qing government betrayed the right to build a railway, which aroused the resistance of the domestic people, and the road protection movement broke out in Sichuan and other places. 19110 June10, a revolutionary group in Wuhan, the Literary Society and the Progressive Association launched the Wuchang Uprising, and then the provinces responded one after another. Because 19 1 1 is the old calendar year of Xinhai, it is called "Xinhai Revolution".
3. May 4th Patriotic Movement
The May 4th Movement was an anti-imperialist and anti-feudal patriotic movement of China people, which broke out on May 4th of 19 19. The May 4th Movement was the end of the old democratic revolution and the beginning of the new democratic revolution in China.
The May 4th Movement is also the continuation and development of the New Culture Movement. 19 15, Chen Duxiu founded Youth magazine, and changed its name to New Youth the following year. He held high the banner of "democracy" and "science", lashed out at the old feudal culture and advocated a new culture. Later, vernacular Chinese was advocated to replace classical Chinese, and new literature was advocated under the slogan of "literary revolution"
4, the old democratic revolution
The old democratic revolution was led by the bourgeoisie, aiming at establishing a capitalist society and bourgeois dictatorship and opposing foreign aggression and domestic feudal rule.
The 79 years from 1840 Opium War to 19 19 before the May 4th Movement were the period of the old democratic revolution. Among them, the Revolution of 1911 was an old democratic revolution in a relatively complete sense. It can be divided into two periods: foreign capitalist aggression and China people's resistance. The May 4th Movement marked the beginning of the new-democratic revolution.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Modern
Baidu Encyclopedia-Modern