Song and Ming dynasties were less than 90 years apart, but it seems like a lifetime ago. This is a thought-provoking question. Song dynasty, a cultural power in those days, pushed Chinese civilization to its peak. The Mongols have come and gone. Is Zhu Yuanzhang a great change, a great cultural destruction or a great historical reversal? Everyone in China is very sad.

The former site of Xijindu Ancient Street Life-saving Club is a two-story blue brick building in Song Dynasty. Song dynasty abandoned the military power of the former dynasty to build the country, and advocated building the country with culture and governing the country with benevolence and righteousness. From the appearance, it seems that the Song Dynasty was very weak and was beaten everywhere, so it was called the cowardly Song Dynasty. But in fact, the Song Dynasty was the only dynasty that crossed the 300-year period, and the military was even stronger. It died in 1200, and only the Song Dynasty enjoyed the longest national luck. Coupled with the cultural prosperity of the Song Dynasty, the highest degree of civilization, the greatest impact on future generations. Until today.

The picture shows the ruins of Weifang ancient city wall in Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty made great achievements in culture, ideology, science and technology, religion and so on. Half of the most important inventions in ancient China were made in the Song Dynasty, and the reform of textile and porcelain-making technology also took place in the Song Dynasty. Navigation, shipbuilding and medicine have all reached unprecedented heights. The people of Song Dynasty were rich and had high freedom. Unfortunately, after the arrival of the invincible Mongols, such a splendid civilization was trampled on.

Imperial kiln site in song dynasty. Successful successors often reprimand and belittle their predecessors to show their correct achievements. Mongols also took a completely negative attitude towards the civilization of the Song Dynasty, divided people into three or six classes, practiced racial discrimination, and exploited and killed Han Chinese in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, although Zhu Yuanzhang inherited the will of the Han people, he also served the Mongolian and Yuan legal system in some ways.

Site of ancestral temple in Southern Song Dynasty. Song dynasty didn't kill scholar-officials, Ming dynasty killed courtiers, easily courted scholar-officials and killed nine families; Song dynasty did not suppress commerce, but implemented the policy of benefiting industry and commerce, which promoted the development of industry and commerce. The national policy of attaching importance to agriculture and restraining commerce in Ming Dynasty retreated to 1000 years ago, which made China once again fall into a small production environment and the society stagnated. The culture of Song Dynasty was prosperous, and scholars were selected by discipline. As long as they have strong points, they can gain status. The stereotyped writing of Ming Dynasty revolved around literati. The Song Dynasty attached great importance to foreign trade, advanced navigation and compass technology, and the Ming Dynasty closed its doors to the outside world. The 300-year free and open policy in Song Dynasty was a great leap for Chinese civilization. On the other hand, the literary inquisition in Ming and Qing dynasties filled the society with the image of a clown who was ignorant and numb.