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Brief introduction of Qing culture
After the Qing Dynasty ruled the Central Plains, the policy of sinicization went deeper than other conquering dynasties. However, the Qing Dynasty tried its best to preserve its own culture and maintain the balance between its own culture and that of China. Since the early Qing Dynasty, all administrative documents have been published in Chinese and Manchu. Since Kangxi, China culture, represented by Confucianism, has been vigorously promoted, and China traditional classics have become a compulsory course for Manchu people, including emperors. By the mid-Qianlong period, almost all Manchu people spoke Chinese as their mother tongue, and Manchu gradually became a pure written language, which was only used for official historical records. By the19th century, Manchu in official documents had been basically replaced by Chinese. However, some Confucian ideas were not fully accepted by the Qing emperors.

According to the data, during the prosperous period of Kanggan in the 18th century, European missionaries who went to China presented the picture of China to Europeans at that time, which led to the Chinese wind blowing in Europe for more than 100 years from the end of 17 to the end of18, and even to the beginning of19th century. Europe is so eager for China in terms of material, culture and political system that in 1769, a European wrote: "China is more famous than some parts of Europe itself." The crazy pursuit of Chinese style was once a common fashion in European society at that time. This fashion permeates all aspects of European life, such as daily necessities, home decoration, garden architecture and so on. 1735, the French version of Orphan of Zhao was translated and published by a French priest, which caused a very sensational drama fever in China. However, there are also negative voices in the West that the courts in China are too autocratic. At the end of Qianlong, Britain sent Magalny to the Qing Dynasty. During the diplomatic failure and his return to China, Assistant Special Envoy Stanton was told: "There is amazing poverty everywhere ... people are in rags and even naked ... all the rubbish we throw is eaten." Magal himself thinks: "People live under the meanest tyranny and are afraid of being beaten by bamboo boards, so people are timid, dirty and cruel."

/kloc-In the 7th century, the Manchu replaced Han Ming to rule China. On the premise of giving priority to Manchu nobles, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty adopted the policy of sinicization to a great extent. However, some scholars who study the history of Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties believe that the Qing Dynasty belongs to the conquering dynasty as well as Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and the depth and speed of sinicization are not as good as those of the infiltration dynasties such as the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty only implemented the measures of sinicization that were beneficial to itself and preserved its own culture as much as possible. It was not a complete sinicization, but a two-way process.

Gan Long often entertains in the palace in Hanfu, and many portraits of Gan Long in Hanfu are kept in the Forbidden City. By the mid-Qianlong period, almost all Manchu people spoke Chinese as their mother tongue, and Manchu gradually became a pure written language, which was only used for official historical records. By the19th century, Manchu in official documents had been basically replaced by Chinese. For example, in 1875, when the Qing court exchanged contracts with Peru, it was clearly stipulated that "China always used Chinese as the basis for the exchange of contracts". Those who support Confucianism believe that the Qing emperor only chose to respect Confucianism, and some Confucian ideas were not fully accepted by the Qing emperor. Confucianism is only one of the contents of China culture. China culture includes not only words and Confucianism, but also costumes, customs, various religious beliefs and so on.