The Social Education Function and Function of Huizhou Rural Convention in Ming and Qing Dynasties

Standardize villagers' behavior, maintain social stability, promote economic development, and inherit cultural customs.

1. Standardizing villagers' behavior: Huizhou Township Covenant stipulates villagers' code of conduct and ethics, requiring villagers to abide by the provisions of the township Covenant and not to engage in illegal and criminal activities, thus safeguarding villagers' basic rights and interests and social order.

2. Maintaining social stability: The Huizhou Rural Covenant stipulates the ways and relations of interaction among villagers, which promotes social harmony and stability and avoids conflicts.

3. Promoting economic development: Huizhou township contract stipulates the distribution mode of property and resources among villagers, encourages villagers to engage in production and economic activities, and promotes the development and prosperity of local economy.

4. Inheriting cultural customs: Huizhou township conventions have also incorporated rich traditional cultural customs, such as festivals and ceremonies, so that local culture can be inherited and carried forward.