Qinghai Tibetan Society Under The Background Of Social Transformation In Modern China

The China society changed deeply in 1840-1949 since Qin and Han dynasty.The former system was destroyed by industrial civilization from the western.However the new ideology,frame,and had not been formed.The whole China society was unstable in the conflict of tradition and modern.Under the background of modernization of China,the Qinghai Tibetans affected by the social transformation were also involved in the changed stream.The author reviewed the process of the reform and revolution of Qinghai Tibetans at the beginning of modernization of China by using the theory of social transformation based on the previous study results.Try to learn the modernization in modern minorities' region and analyze the causes and effects.From the historic experience we give the advice on the contemporary development of the minorities'region.There are several parts discussed:First,to collect the achievements on this field and discuss what the new perspective should be focused.In addition,give the definition and limitation on the theories,and introduce the feature of the modernization.Second,talk about the environment,origin and development of the Qinghai Tibetans' region from the period of Tubo,Song dynasty to YuanMingQing dynasty.Till 1840,the Qinghai Tibetans' area was complex in politic and confuse in economy and social culture so that it resulted the change and revolution under the modern China social transformation.Third,to focus on the economic development of modern Qinghai Tibetans' area.At the end of the Qing dynasty,the government was forced to open for western.The foreign firms that were economic engine from western entering the livestock product market of Qinghai area promoted the people-to-people trading activity.The local trade development improved the commodity consciousness and economic life of the native Tibetans but it was not lasted out because its own capacities and the pressure of the monopoly capital of warlord government.The summary of this chapter argues the features and restraining factors of economic transformation of Qinghai Tibetans' area.Fouth,to review the history of political evolution.The local government carried out the transform of the Modern Local Administration System in the period of the Republic of China.The reform expressed the different results in east and west of Qinghai Tibentans' area because of the tradition and cultural difference.It was successfully completed in east but lead to conflicts in the west so that the suppression and resistance became the main line of political transformation.Fifth,to discuss the changes of education of Qinghai Tibetan society.Tibetan monastic education predominate in Tibetan society before modern time.The central government carried out the educational policy of "enlighten the people" and "training frontier region talent" resulted that there were many new school education.spread in Qinghai Tibetan society.Nevertheless the effects that were faint same as the economic and political change were just the beginning of modernization transformation.The final part is concluding remarks.To sum up the features of transformation of the modern Qinghai Tibetan society,to analyze the causes of the success and failure,to give an outlook on the development of ethnic minorities' region.