The New Changes Of Dietetic Life In The Grand Canal Area Of Shandong In Ming And Qing Dynasties

Yuan,Ming and Qing Dynasties all established their capital in Beijing,and the expense of military,official’s salary,the need of royal household are all rely on the southeast of China,so the Grand Canal from Hangzhou to Beijing played a vital role in connecting the north and south China,and keeping the grain transporting.Since the opening of Jizhou river and Huitong river which are located in Shandong Province in Yuan Dynasty,the Shandong canal began playing a nuclear role in grain transporting in Ming and Qing Dynasties,and because the government allow the soldier who are in the official grain carriers to sell some private goods when they go up to the north and go down to the south,then it provided an hard-won opportunity to the development of the area by the Grand Canal in Shandong.And influenced by this,the dietetic life in this area showed a new style.Also,the unprecedented development of commodity economy,the emergence of a new mode of production,the rise of a large number of industrial and commercial towns,the bustling of business environment,the constantly initiation of all kinds of ideological emancipation,the change of population and demographic structure,and the social morality of extravagance,mercantile are all creating a climate to the change of the dietetic life in this area.Many new changes have taken place in the dietetic life in this area,beacuse of the convenient transportation conditions and the prosperous business environment,there are various food raw materials been transported here from all parts of the country,and then enriches the market of food raw materials.The dense population,frequent business dealings and high level of consumption are not only have created the rise of catering service industry,like roadhouse and restaurant,but also pushed diversification of the food taste.Even if the development of commodity economy has driven the development of the society,it widen the gap of all levels of society,especial in their dietetic life.Furthermore,because influenced by different areas social morality and fashion of diet,this area also showed a new phenomenon that the trend of south food thrived and the luxury atmosphere became to widespread.The new change showed some unique laws and traits because of the influence of environment of physical geography and social humanity,there are the connection of passivity and initiative,the strong dependence in business condition,and the diversification and contemporaneity.The new changes have enriched the Chinese dietetic culture,driven the rise of relevant industry,and the diversification of dietetic life has promoted the open and diverse of the society.But the flooding of prostitution and gambling which were happened accompany to catering service industry has caused negative effect.