Compulsory History for Senior One: What are the characteristics of China's ancient economic structure and social development trend?

The characteristics of China's ancient economic structure: the self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy with the family as the unit and the combination of agriculture and individual handicrafts was the economic foundation of China's ancient society. Handicraft and commerce have always been the supplement of agriculture, and their development direction and scale have always been controlled by successive dynasties. In the ancient social economy, the first thing was the recovery and development of agriculture. On this basis, handicrafts developed. With the development of agriculture and handicrafts, cities, commerce and foreign trade have developed, which in turn has promoted the further development of agriculture and handicrafts.

Social development trend: with the improvement of farming techniques and varieties, the level of productivity has been continuously improved, handicrafts and industry and commerce have been continuously developed, and capitalism has sprouted. At the same time, the economic center of gravity moved southward from Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and was finally completed in the Southern Song Dynasty.