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Overseas Chinese And The Hometown Of Social Change,

Posted on:2009-06-30Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:W Y XiaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:1116360272487374Subject:China's modern history
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For long time,the Chinese immigrants and the descendants have their ancestral home place's approval and relation close degree by the peer.From the end of the Qing to Republic of China time,the Chinese overseas Chinese district society has experienced form the tradition to the modern,the overseas Chinese played the positive promotion effect.This article chooses the mountainous area,the Hakkas area - - Guangdong Mei-zhou to study the region,takes the end of the Qing Republic of China time this long time interval as the research time,holds in massively rich, detailed,historical data foundation,views from overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese district social change(i.e.community and big society's union),inspects the overseas Chinese thoroughly by the case way in domain and so on overseas Chinese district economy,education,folk custom active situations,attempts to promulgate under the overseas Chinese influence the overseas Chinese district social change as well as the overseas Chinese in the institute function,and to analyze a Hakkas overseas Chinese some special characteristic.This article believed that Mei-zhou,where is an out-of-the-way mountainous area,the overseas Chinese is playing the very important role,even an indispensable strength,in its modern development process.Such as economic domain,overseas Chinese taking their endeavors,either invested hometown each economical enterprise, or infused the new vigor for hometown economical reforming,or introduced advanced technology and the managemen ideas,which impelling Mei-zhou enterprise modernized day by day.At the same time,in transportation and financial industry which the tradition and the modern co-exist,overseas Chinese have a drawing function as well.It is overseas Chinese who expedited new factor(such as new technology,new talented person,new variety,new modes of business operation) in the overseas Chinese district Mei-zhou modern process,thus impelling its economical vicissitude and the modernizing advancement powerfully.The overseas Hakkas from Mei-zhou played very important role in the process of promoting education culture.The Hakkas society advocates studies and has the tradition which takes more serious on education.Overseas Hakkas Migrates inherited the fine tradition,and participated in the overseas Chinese education positively.They rendered the assistance in the fund,the manpower,moreover they introduced the school model from overseas,and explored the new form of folk school positively. Therefore,the school built by overseas Chinese became the main body in the overseas Chinese education.Overseas Chinese district Mei-zhou has formed multi-level,the export-oriented education system,the educational structure also tended to be complete. Meanwhile,the Mei-zhou overseas started to pay attention to,and supported the cultural establishment and the business for the public good in overseas Chinese district.They contributed to construct the cultural base facility,or introduced the Western modern entertaining fashion,even participated personally.It initiated the new trend of cultural entertainment in Mei-zhou.From this,the overseas Chinese district Mei-zhou culture presented prosperously,new tide's meteorology.The evolution of custom is the result which the overseas Chinese affects the overseas Chinese district profoundly.In overseas Chinese district,the overseas Chinese relate closely to the folk custom development vicissitude process with which the overseas Chinese is characteristic,Besides subsidize in economy,overseas Chinese subsidization is more in culture,thought,ideas and daily life.Since the overseas Chinese district Mei-zhou folk culture is unique,the basic necessities of life full with the "foreign-tasting",the love and marriage type,the attachment to family are out of the ordinary,the Hakkas dialect tends to be "foreign",as well as Hakkas songs to foreign country production and so on..From the end of the Qing to Republic of China time,the overseas Chinese so lastingly and intensely affected in the overseas Chinese district society,this article believed that mainly had the following four aspect factor:Firstly,the latter Qing dynasty and the Republic of China Government could adjust the overseas Chinese affair policy at the right moment,which created a more loose policy and the environment,and striving for the foreign national heart is its system condition. Secondly,overseas Chinese's geography approval,especially,Hakkas overseas Chinese having its geography approval than others,is its function in the overseas Chinese district society's psychological factor.Thirdly,overseas Chinese success in overseas economy,contributed the hometown for them to provide the economic basis. Finally,under the overseas row of expelling Chinese,the overseas Chinese discriminated and oppressed by the country of residence,while the contract overseas Chinese laborer's misery life was the external thrust force.
Keywords/Search Tags:Overseas Chinese, Overseas Chinese district, Mei-zhou, Social change
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