Living customs of the Qing Dynasty

One, clothing

1, the Qing Dynasty stipulated that the military and civilians should wear Manchu clothing, forbidding the wearing of Chinese clothing. And forced Han Chinese men to change their hair style according to Manchu customs, shaving their forehead hair and braiding their hair into plaits.

2, Manchu clothing to robes and coats. The cheongsam is characterized by a standing collar, lapel, plate buckle, etc., tight and narrow fit, in line with the northern ethnic riding life and combat needs. After the Western-style improvement of the Manchu dress, such as cheongsam, robes and coats, etc., to become recognized as the traditional Chinese dress in China and abroad.

3. Han people's clothing is characterized by cross-necked, right-over-oblong, unbuttoned, and wide sleeves.

Second, diet

The famous feasts of the Qing Dynasty also include the Manchu-Han banquet, the Mongolian pro-fan banquet, courtiers' banquet, ten thousand birthday banquet, a thousand old men's banquet, and the nine white banquets. One of the most characteristic is the Manchu Han feast, is a collection of Chinese Manchu and Han dietary characteristics of the giant feast

Three, ideological

Given that the late Ming political corruption, internal and external troubles, the Song and Ming philosophy flow in the vague and hypocritical, resulting in the early Qing dynasty scholars to focus on the learning of the world. After the death of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, after the establishment of the Central Plains, the scholars of the moment to reflect on the pain, the exclusion of empty talk of the nature of the Song Ming philosophy and Yangming, to study the trajectory of the rise and fall of the dynasties, and put forward all kinds of transformation of the political and revitalization of the social program, so that the early Qing dynasty, academic thought presents pragmatism of the wind, the development of the pragmatic study of the evidence.

The four major academic disciplines of the Qing Dynasty: cataloging, exegesis, evidence, and goldsmithing were developed rapidly.

Fourth, painting

The Qing Dynasty painting scene was dominated by literati painting, landscape painting and ink writing method prevailed, and more painters pursued the interest of ink and brush.

Fifth, etiquette

1, kneeling

The gift of bowing, which is mostly seen between officials of equal rank and peers. As soon as the two sides met, they bowed their hands, bent their heads, and sometimes even bowed to the ground.

2, please peace

Please peace was originally a military ceremony in the Ming Dynasty, in the "Daming Code of Conduct". At that time, the country's commanding officer, the guards have this etiquette, known as "bending a knee". Jianzhou Wei was also like this, and in the Qing Dynasty, the old custom was still practiced in the eight banners and the green camps inherited from the Ming Dynasty. Originally, soldiers should kneel when they see their superior officers, but because of the armor, they only bend one knee or half a knee, and in the long run, when they do not wear armor, they also bend one knee as a salute, and kowtow and play kung-fu as well as the meaning of greetings and greetings.

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Books about Qing Dynasty Customs:

1. People Living in the Qing Dynasty is a 2005 book published by China Bookstore Publishing House and written by Feng Erkang. This book talks about the life of people in the Qing Dynasty from small aspects such as the silhouette of the world, the life of the officials and gentry, and the interesting stories of the emperor.

This book talks about the lives of people in the Qing Dynasty from three major aspects, namely, the silhouette of the world, the lives of the officials and gentry, and the interesting stories of the emperors, and more than thirty minor aspects, such as "The Congee Factory in the Qing Dynasty", "Child Brides and Early Marriage Practices", and "Childbirths of the Emperors in the Qing Dynasty".

2, "Clothing, Food, Housing and Transportation in the Qing Dynasty (Illustrated Collector's Edition)", with illustrated presentation, not only describes in detail the characteristics and changes in clothing, food, housing and transportation in the Qing Dynasty, analyzes the political and social environment that caused the changes in clothing, food, housing and transportation in the Qing Dynasty, and the differences among different strata and ethnic groups in these aspects, but also explains in detail the traditional clothing in the modern era, under the strong impact of foreign cultures, food, housing, and transportation have changed dramatically since modern times under the strong impact of foreign cultures.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Culture of the Qing Dynasty

Baidu Encyclopedia - Etiquette of the Qing Dynasty

Baidu Encyclopedia - People Living in the Qing Dynasty