A Study On The Mass Entertainment Life In North Jiangsu During The Period Of The Republic Of China

In the recent years, entertainment life has become a crucial part in historical researches, which brings about a centralization of related researches. Currently, the research results about the period of the Republic of China of the mass entertainment life in north Jiangsu are very rare in the field of history. The inspection of this period life can enrich the contents and categories of the socio-cultural history and folk customs in the area, show the micro dynamic social life of the Republic of China,display this period life in diverse forms, push the boundaries of the researches about the earlier opened big and medium-sized Chinese cities, and investigate the living conditions in other areas. Therefore, it is of great academic importance.The mass entertainment life in north Jiangsu during the period of the Republic of China mainly falls broadly into these forms, such as singing and dancing, drama,acrobatics, game shows, and other entertainment forms. Traditional entertainment life is closely related to the purposes of festivals, "Towards God games" and teaching through lively activities. And the traditional entertainment life has gone through thousands of years and has almost no fundamental changes, reflecting its characteristic of continuity linked with farming life. To some extent, traditional social entertainment has an influence on people’s ideology in a subtle way by transforming people’s cognition about life.In the period of the Republic of China, due to the development of modern economy, the establishment of the government of the Republic of China and foreign culture, there appeared some new forms, such as plays, dancing parties,magic and modern sports events. It should be noted that since the deep social basis of the traditional society and culture, the traditional entertainment life together with some new recreational activities didn’t step down from the stage of history, but made a difference to the spiritual entertainment of the people in the north of Jiangsu.And many things have changed in the aspects of organizational planning, places,groups of entertainment, etc. In this period, entertainment life showed some distinct features of its winding development, diversification, and also times.In this period of the Republic of China, the entertainment life was affected by some factors varying from the development of modern industrial economy,political revolutions and campaigns, the ups and downs of traditional and moderncultures, social unrest to natural disasters, etc. So the entertainment life played an important role in the economic life, social life and the process of modernization of the north of Jiangsu. Thus, the research on the period of the Republic of China of the mass entertainment life in north Jiangsu is of great guiding significance in enabling people better understand the living conditions in the Republic of China as well as the changes of modern entertainment life.