Journal of Chaohu University ›› 2020, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 82-88.doi: 10.12152/j.issn.1672-2868.2020.01.012

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The Construction and Features of Children‘s Image in Mengxue Bao

Mengxue Bao, founded in the late Qing dynasty, was an enlightening journal for children. It focused on children's education and enlightenment, offering several columns such as education, health, literature, intelligence, arithmetic, history and geography, along with natural sciences. As to its running purpose, Mengxue Bao pointed out that "it focuses on enlightenment" and "it takes pictures and songs as the first key". All the columns set up by  Mengxue Bao had distinct features and made a great breakthrough in the practice of establishing newspapers and periodicals in terms of content and form in the late Qing dynasty. The enlightenment and shaping of children in  Mengxue Bao also extended children's images in the late Qing dynasty to a certain extent. Mengxue Bao is not only a part of the educational enlightenment for children in the late Qing dynasty, but also a precursor to the independent discovery of modern children's image. #br#   

  1. Department of History, Anhui University, Hefei Anhui 230039
  • Received:2019-09-06 Online:2020-01-25 Published:2020-04-09

Abstract: Mengxue Bao, founded in the late Qing dynasty, was an enlightening journal for children. It focused on children's education and enlightenment, offering several columns such as education, health, literature, intelligence, arithmetic, history and geography, along with natural sciences. As to its running purpose, Mengxue Bao pointed out that "it focuses on enlightenment" and "it takes pictures and songs as the first key". All the columns set up by  Mengxue Bao had distinct features and made a great breakthrough in the practice of establishing newspapers and periodicals in terms of content and form in the late Qing dynasty. The enlightenment and shaping of children in  Mengxue Bao also extended children's images in the late Qing dynasty to a certain extent. Mengxue Bao is not only a part of the educational enlightenment for children in the late Qing dynasty, but also a precursor to the independent discovery of modern children's image. 

Key words: Mengxue Bao, Children's image, Features

CLC Number: 

  • K252