The contents of the handwritten newspaper about the Ming Dynasty can include the origin of the country's name, territorial scope, agricultural development, etc.
1. The origin of the country’s name.
There are many theories about the origin of the name of the Ming Dynasty. It is generally believed to be related to religion. Wu Han and others believe that the source of the name of the Ming Dynasty is Mingjiao. This theory was later adopted by writers such as Jin Yong, while Hu Axiang and others believe that this country The name comes from the White Lotus Sect, and its source is Buddhism. There were some Ming followers under Zhu Yuanzhang who used "Ming" as their country name to show their orthodox status. They also echoed the prophecy of "the birth of King Ming" in the Ming religion.
2. Territorial scope.
"History of the Ming Dynasty·Zhi Sixteenth": "At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it was planned to be closed from Korea in the east, Tubo in the west, Annan in the south, Daqi in the north, 11,750 miles from east to west. , 10,940 miles from north to south. Since Chengzu abandoned Daning and moved to Dongsheng, Xuanzong moved to Pingyu in Dushi, and Shizong abandoned Hami and Hetao again, it started from Liaohai in the east, to Jiayu in the west, and to Qiong and Qiong in the south. Ya, reaching Yun and Shuo in the north, more than ten thousand miles from east to west, and ten thousand miles from north to south.
3. Agricultural development
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, agricultural products showed a trend of specialization and commercialization. . A large area of ??the original grain-producing areas in Jiangnan and Guangdong has become a grain import area because most or even 80% of it is used to produce cash crops such as cotton and sugarcane. Some other places have become commodity grain export areas by supplying grain.
Ming. The culture and art of the Ming Dynasty:
1. Literature
The literature of the Ming Dynasty reached the highest artistic achievement with novels, and created a large number of works based on history, gods and monsters, public cases, romance and daily life of citizens. Some literati rewrote the storybooks of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and created "Sanyan" and "Erpai" scripts. Representative works.
2. Opera.
Drama was once in decline in the late Yuan Dynasty. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, with the prosperity of the urban economy, new developments appeared in the opera that was popular among the people. , produced many progressive works. The most famous play in the Ming Dynasty is "The Peony Pavilion"
3. Calligraphy was highly praised by the Ming Dynasty. Calligraphy in the early Ming Dynasty was dominated by running script and cursive script. In the early Ming Dynasty, calligraphy was stuck in the quagmire of Taige style. The brothers Shen Duxuecan helped push the stable small regular script to the extreme. "The Book of Destiny". Ershen calligraphy was promoted as the regular standard for imperial examinations, so Taige style became popular.