A Review of Studies on Hainan Local History in the Past Seventy Years
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China,great achievements have been made in the study of local history in Hainan,which has strongly supported the construction and development of Hainan society.The development process of studies on Hainan's local history can be roughly divided into several stages,inclusive of five parts:before 1950,from 1950 to 1966,before the establishment of Hainan Province,from the establishment of Hainan province to 2000,and after the arrival of the new century,which mainly discusses and summarizes the development process of studies on Hainan local history in the past 70 years since the founding of the People's Re-public of China.This paper evaluates comprehensively and objectively the important achievements of studies on Hainan's local history in the abovementioned periods,as well as the historical background and academic value of these achievements,and then analyzes the main characteristics of Hainan local history study in different periods in the past 70 years.Moreover,some personal views of the paper author on some common problems in the study of Hainan local history and the future development direction have also been proposed.