Study On The Life Of Urban Residents In The Occupied Area Of The South Of Shanxi During The Anti-Japanese War

The history of life is an important part of the history of city and social culture.In the study of life,the first thing to consider is the basic content that runs through the past times of human society.The South Gate of Shanxi—the south of Shanxi had been becoming a battleground during the Anti Japanese War for its strategic location.The academic research on the life of urban residents in the enemy-occupied area of the south of Shanxi during the period of the Anti-Japanese War was aimed at enriching the history of the Anti Japanese War,showing the far-reaching impact of the invading war on human development.The article began with the fall of south of Shanxi in 1938 to the liberation of the south of Shanxi in 1945.Content includes the general situation of the Anti Japanese war in fall,urban residents' s basic necessities of life in the occupied area of the south of Shanxi during the Anti Japanese War,the medical and health,the price of urban residents in the occupied areas during the Anti Japanese War,showing the living conditions,the actual status of the residents in specific areas and specific historical stage and the subjective state of the situation,and then the perspective Chinese social appearance in wartime.After the fall of the south of Shanxi in 1938,the Japanese puppet regime established the rudiments of the pseudo-county regime in the counties of the south of Shanxi—maintaining the council,county office,pseudo-police station,pseudo-guard and other types of reactionary armed forces,pseudo new associations,pseudo cooperatives,establishment of schools in order to strengthen control.In the process of the Japanese political machine reconstruction,the life of urban residents also was affected.Before the Japanese army launched the war of aggression against China,the clothing,food,living,and traffic modes of the urban residents generally followed the old customs in the south of Shanxi.In terms of clothing,military and politicians mainly worn suits or tunics.The wife or the bureaucrats worn cheongsam or robes,and children worn student clothes.The male peasantsworn short flown,and the women worn coat with a buckle.The clothing materials are different,there are silk,satin,cloth,velvet,coarse cloth,calico.The wealthy families seeks to be bright and beautiful,and poor families only seek warmth.After the fall of the south of Shanxi,the clothes of urban residents were old and dim to avoid the war.After the Japanese government carried out control and blockade,people often used coke dyed ash cloth and dyed black cloth with sludge from the mooring ponds and oak shells,its color was red.During this period,many people wear gray trousers and crimson coats.There were many people without clothes.In terms of diet,before the July 7th Incident,the people generally regarded wheat,corn,sorghum,millet,and beans as their main staple food,and their main food was steamed bread and noodles.Their life was still stable.After the fall of the country,due to the war and the Japanese military's blockade,the most basic need of life under the rationing system required layered examination and approval.With price inflation,materials were poor,and people's life was extremely hardship.In terms of living,there were many tile houses and brick kilns in the county.It reflected the housing custom.After the Japanese invaded the south of Shanxi,it not only slaughtered the masses,but also burned down houses and destroyed the peaceful life.The mode of travel of urban residents was generally rely on walking,and accessing to the county's gate required the card of good citizen and travel was greatly restricted.In terms of medical and health,As for the medical,it mainly revolved around epidemic prevention.The main work was the restoration of hospitals and other medical institutions and the prevention of epidemics.The implementation method was to publicize prevention knowledge and carried out physical examinations,inoculated vaccinia and injections.In terms of health,the Japanese army continuously propagandized through newspapers,printed lots of leaflets and slogans,and convened meetings.It carried out public health and personal hygiene by organizing health teams,convening health campaign weeks,and holding health meetings.The Japanese army vigorously promoted the hygienic cleaning and implemented it from twoaspects: public health and personal hygiene.The public health work was mainly cleaning streets,excavating water seepage pits,killing fly worms,banishing rotten fruits on the market,and paying attention to well water.Personal hygiene work was mainly basic health of life.In terms of price,due to the effects of the war,the lack of goods,the excessive using of counterfeit currency,the monopolistic goods of profiteers,controlling the price privately,and the implementation of the control policy,price continued to skyrocket.Since 1942,substantial increasing in the rate of inflation,urban residents had strapped unprecedented situation.The ratio of nominal wage and real wage was widening,the level of actual purchase was far below the prewar level.