Prospering Education through Salt:Salt Industry and Imperial Examination Culture in Yunlong Prefecture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties
Yunlong Prefecture was located in the mountain area of Western Yunnan.Due to the natural,economic,cultural,social and other conditions,imperial examination had been delayed in this region for a long time.The establishment of salt officials in the Ming Dynasty brought a turning point to change the cultural and educational atmosphere in Yunlong's salt region.Huang Mengtong(a salt official in Yunlong in the middle of the Ming Dynasty)and his descendants settled in the region and advocated education,thus playing a crucial role in promoting the development of Yunlong's culture and education.As far as Yunlongzhou is concerned,the salt industry resources,the migrant official regimes,and immigrants were the background,inducement and driving force of the evolution of the atmosphere of salt well society.The development of the imperial examination culture led to the expansion of the local gentry.Depending on salt wells and salt industry,they further promoted the development of local cultural and educational undertakings.After hundreds of years of evolution and development,the Yunlong salt well society was eventually incorporated into the cultural territory of the dynasty featured by"Great Unity".
Imperial examination cultureSalt well societyYunlong PrefectureGentry
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