The Research Of The Lais' Clan The Local Society Of Yi Qian, Guangchang County, Jiangxi Province

Located in traffic thoroughfare, Yi QIan, Guangchang County, Jiangxi province is very convenient in land and water transportation.Once time,commercial activities flourished here.Yi Qian Lai's clan moved here In the early Tang Dynasty, gradually developed into a family, which had a great impact in the local society.Lai's clan started planting lotus, engaged in wine and vinegar businesses and other commercial activities in Tang Dynasty.In the Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty,Lai's began to be richer,and more creative, many members in Lai's clan became the officials in imperial court.. At that time,Lai's clan had a strong relationship with some local religions such as Zhenyin Temple because of the problems of family sacrifice.To the Ming and Qing Dynasties, clan members had a positive attitude in making religious construction like composing the genealogy doing theclanestablish ?establishing race ancestral hall.They also married other local families.Comparatively speaking.Lai's were more fond of local public utilities.During this period,talents in imperial examination who also were members in Lai's were springing up.Persons of abilities such as Lai Xun, Lai YIng and Lai Jin appeared.In the local turbulent times, Lai's even grew to the mainstay of the economy which helped the local authority solve the revolt. These actions, obviously, increase the strength of Lai's family and its influence in the local area.During the Republic of China, Lai's were still powerful and had a great influence in the local area.Clansmen in Lai's clan were actively took part in the Great Sword Society,,Not only joined in, but also organized. According to the research of the family and the local society of Yi Qian Lai's,Combing the Yi Qian Lai's clan development in each period.We can easily Inferred the development of history and the social change of Yi Qian.And it also proved the effect in a local village which caused by a local grant family.The interaction between a local family and the authority at the basic level.This paper will introduce the research mainly in three parts.First one is to show the basic information of development of Yi Qian Lai's clan in Tang?Song?Yuan Dynasties,Then focus on this family and its nexus with Zhenyin Temple by analyzing the data of the temple.Part two,.focus on the cases of the clan construction.We still add some relations in the family and the local government in this part.At last,Lai's in the Republic of China and in what ways it linked to the Great Sword Society in Yi Qian village.