The Pursuit of Huizhou Charity Culture during Ming and Qing Dynasties
The period of Ming and Qing Dynasties is the period of full development of Huizhou folk charity.Merchants in Huizhou donated money to help students,set up schools,relieve disasters,rescue famine,build water conservancy,pave roads and bridges,send doctors to hospitals,give medicine and coffin,etc.,established charitable organizations such as Shan Hui Shan Tang,Public Aid Bureau,Foundling Hospital,and Xuanji Institute,and advocated"doing good deeds and building up virtue"through couplets,books,and dramas.All of them fully reflect the full swing of charity and the prosperity of charity culture in Huizhou during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Tracing the trail of the Huizhou charity culture during Ming and Qing Dynasties is conducive to inheriting and carrying forward the Huizhou charity culture during Ming and Qing Dynasties,and providing spiritual strength for the realization of the strategic goal of rural revitalization and common prosperity.
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