Study On The Chinese Ancient Stimulant Crops

Stimulant crops has a long history in China, the harmony with other economical crops constitutes a unique farming culture and agricultural technology system of china. But stimulant crops'commercial features, addictive, irritating, toxic and other special properties determines the difference with other cash crops. Stimulant crops enlivens the ancient commodity economy and enrichs ancient people's material and spiritual life, but it also brings a series of contradictions and conflicts at the same time. Therefore, probing into the role stimulant crops played in ancient Chinese society and its development status and historical position of agricultural economy in ancient China, making an analysis of ancient government's management policies based on this situation, exploring an inseparable blending between stimulant crops and Chinese ceremonial culture have great theoretical and practical significance in promoting an exchange between stimulant crops and commodity, re-examining the government policies of stimulant crops, enriching its contents in Chinese ceremonial culture and promoting the study on stimulant crops.First of all, based on ancient Chinese historical documents this study made an comparison between stimulant crop's ancient name and its contents. And then this study verified the earliest record of processing stimulant crops into stimulant products. Stimulant crops faced many problems as stimulant products, this study also made an historical investigation of crop processing technology. Stimulant crops processed into stimulant products through a long time, the ancient Chinese people improve the quality of stimulant products by continuous innovation and practice and the processing technology developed towards meticulous and scientific direction.Second, stimulant crops are the first sector towards commodity production. Based on historical documents this study concluded the influence on china's economy in the long-term development of commercialization of stimulant crops: first, it accelerates the contact between Chinese farmer and market, promoting the commercialization of agricultural products, expanding the power of the commodity economy in ancient China, gave birth to the early seeds of capitalism in China, even to the modern period, the tea and opium poppy push china into the early capitalist market. Second, it led the development of Chinese ancient handicraft industry and transportation and other industries. Third, it increased government revenue. Forth, it accelerates the the economic center of china a southward shift. Third, the ancient China have maintained a unique management style of stimulant crops, that is, "Que", "tax", "tribute", Three aspects of the management system. "Que" began in the Tang Wenzong Tai He nine years, "tax" began in Dezong first year, "tribute" began after Zhou WuWang beat Yin dynasty and the Ba country paid tribute to him. This management system met the enjoyment needs of the upper ruler, increased government revenue, maintained social stability at the same time and ensured the development of centralized despotism effectively.Finally, stimulant crops play an indispensable role in the ancient social life, it developed in the Chinese ceremonial culture and blended with other Chinese traditional culture, such as marriage, hospitality, sacrifice and religion. In the formation of this special ceremonial culture, stimulant crops were given special cultural connotation. . Such as the betel nut in give "areca" from"guest", "Lang" is from the special cultural content of "Lang".