First of all, Jiaofang District was elegant at first, and then gradually developed into a place for official prostitutes. This institution, Jiaofang Temple, can be traced back to Yuefu in Han Dynasty, and it is an elegant place to make poems and other elegant music, just like the familiar peacock flying southeast and Mulan Ci. Also, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, the court formulated the Le Shu system, that is, the wives of criminals or prisoners of war and their descendants were brought into Le Shu to work as actors.
In the Tang Dynasty, Yuefu was combined with Yueji system and developed into a teaching workshop. Finally, in the Ming Dynasty, it was officially renamed Jiaofang Division. In Ming Dynasty, Jiaofang Department was a national institution with two main functions. One is to train the skills of singing and dancing instruments and perform various programs for the court. The second is the official prostitute who manages Jiao Fangsi.
Because the source of women in the workshop department is usually the wives of bureaucrats, they are very talented in piano, chess, painting and calligraphy, and they only need simple training to take up their posts. The famous prostitute on the Qinhuai River was the teacher of the Ming Dynasty, and she was called "the Eight Wonders of Qinhuai".
2. Women who joined Jiao Fang Branch not only lost their honor, but also found it difficult to get away. For ancient women, personal honor is as important as their own lives. After entering the teaching workshop department, it is basically equal to hitting a person when he is down, and it is difficult to remain innocent. On the one hand, it is the change of identity, from the status of a pampered lady or the wife of a large family, to the lowest level of society, that is, the official prostitute who is looked down upon by many people.
On the other hand, not only can they not resist the wanton abuse of others and live a life without dignity, but their descendants can't get rid of such a tragic fate. To be a good teacher is a very difficult thing for women who are powerless. In ancient times, some prostitutes had almost the same tragic fate as the official prostitutes of Jiao Fangsi. They were also organized by the government and mainly served the generals and soldiers in the army.