On the Popular Dietetic Life in Wuyuan County,Huizhou during the Late Qing Dynasty and Early Period of the Republic of China—An Investigation Centered on Make Ends Meet
The Pairizhang(account of everyday activities)of Huizhou Wuyuan area is a distinctive folk literature.The account book Make Ends Meet of Zhu Luzhan,a school teacher in Wuyuan,record-ed the daily income,expenditure and social activities of Zhu's family from the first year of Xuantong to the second year of the Republic of China,including the daily food in line with the local conditions,the dietary habit moderated in either frugal or abundant season,the meaningful wedding and funeral sac-rificial food,etc.It can be seen that in the midst of the great changes of the end of the Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China,the dietetic life in Wuyuan remained stable,the attitudes towards their di-etary was not transformed yet,and dietary consumption kept a traditional way,even with little influence from Western diet.This provides a sample for the study of the dietary culture in the Yangtze River Ba-sin during this period.
late Qing Dynasty and early Period of the Republic of ChinaHuizhoudietetic life