Look From The Social Stratification In The Ming Dynasty Chess Cultural Activities

Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting has always been and are called the four major art. Seemingly simple, but actually extre mely subtle, it is the crystallization of human wisdom, people’s cultural life indispensable part. Chess significance mainly in three aspects, one is used as a tea after dinner diversion tool, with a game entertainment; two is the game on the chessboard map out a strategy, Jing Qiao battle of wits, with battle and competitive features; three is communicated with the world chess life, with symbolism and philosophy. Life is a chess game, chess can reflect quite a philosophical attitude to life.Ming chess is a chess custom developed after an orgasm, which left us many valuable chess writings, this seems to come from three aspects of the Ming Dynasty chess development characteristics and effects, and the combination of social stratification theory to explore the deep reason for the development of the Ming Dynasty chess.This article mainly divides into the following several parts to inspect the chess culture activities in Ming dynasty:The first chapter of the chess and the origin of development were introduced, the development that chess, chess is a native Chinese things, in addition, the chess can not develop without the support of all sectors. In Song Dynasty, chess customization, plus itself of the influence of social culture, have the development climax of chess in the Ming dynasty.The second chapter is mainly from three different classes of chess in the Ming Dynasty’s development condition, the nobility chess development, literati class chess development and citizen class chess development are different, but there are some commonalities, chess development general trend has gradually appeared in.The third chapter is mainly from the stratification theory to analyze Ming chess urbanization development reason and characteristic. China’s three generation of a hierarchical, each class likes and dislikes are very different, but with the development of commodity economy in Ming Dynasty, civil culture more and more close to other class culture, subtly affect the nobility and the literati’s cultural circumstances, to all sectors of the purpose of cultural fusion. This kind of fusion in the background at that time it is praiseworthy for one’s excellent conduct, but cannot be ruled out as a basic point is the chess activities closely by the social environmental influence.The conclusion part summarizes the characteristics of the development of the Ming Dynasty chess, and of the Ming Dynasty to Qing Dynasty influenced the development of chess chess, chess research and development also will have a good trend.