Book Review

I read this old book Rural China with great enthusiasm for sociology, and I was deeply touched after reading it. As Mr. Fei said, this book is an attempt to answer the question of what kind of society is the local society of China's grassroots society. The rural China mentioned here is not a specific sketch of Chinese society, but a special system contained in a specific Chinese grassroots traditional society, which dominates all aspects of social life. This book vividly and comprehensively shows the face of rural China from the aspects of locality, writing going to the countryside, poor order pattern, maintaining private morality, family, gender differences, order of etiquette, no litigation, incompetence politics, elder rule, geographical and blood relationship, separation of name and reality, from desire to needs. Appearance. Each chapter has a lot of feelings, and here we will explain the thinking about "earth" separately. "Although we say that the countryside is rustic, it seems to have a little contemptuous, but this local word is well used. The basic meaning of the word earth refers to soil. Rural people can't live without the soil, because farming is the most common way to make a living in the countryside. Admittedly, in today's society, urban people are used to using rustic and rustic brains to despise rural people. However, only those who make a living by farming understand the value of soil. Soil is their lifeblood, a noble symbol, a sense of simplicity, and a down-to-earth and heavy return to nature. Our nation is inseparable from the soil. It has a glorious history from the soil, which occupies a special position in our culture. In this sense, why should we respect the countryside, farmers and our own culture?