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In the 18th century, there was a Chinese craze for worshipping Chinese culture in Europe, because European envoys came to China at that time and thought that Chinese culture was very grand, so they brought Chinese culture into European history, and Europeans admired Chinese culture very much.

That's because in the 18th century, Marco Polo returned to Europe, and the things he brought back such as silk immediately spread rapidly in Europe, so it led to the special worship of Chinese culture in Europe at that time. Hello,

At the beginning of the 18th century. Culture & Economy. Politics influence each other. Exchange between different cultures. Realm and Fusion. At that time, Marco Polo brought Chinese silk to Europe, causing a Chinese fever.

Because Europeans have been very eager to understand China for a long time, in the 17th and 18th centuries when China was in its heyday, China's prosperous culture made them very worshipped, showing a strong interest in ancient Chinese culture, and even Chinese silk, porcelain, tea and other products have become luxury goods for the European high society.

Because at that time, some Europeans, after returning from China, told the Europeans about the situation in China. At that time, China's economy was prosperous, the society was stable, and everyone lived and worked in peace and contentment. So it sparked the cult of Europeans.

It is the case that the missionaries who came to our country from Europe spread the culture and customs that we knew from our country to Europe, and attracted the attention and worship of Europe.

In the 18th century, there was a Chinese craze for worshipping Chinese culture in Europe, which was due to Marco Polo's propaganda, which he described as quite wealthy, which attracted the attention of European colonizers.

Mainly because after Marco Polo came back from his trip to China, he vigorously promoted that China was full of **, which aroused the yearning of many people.

From that era, our Chinese culture was officially spread to the world, and everyone understood the grandeur of our Chinese culture, which was amazing.

The turbulent Europe of the 18th century set off a "Chinese Fever Filial Piety" (**) On January 7, 1700, in order to celebrate the arrival of the new century, Louis XIV, the "Sun King", held a grand ball in the splendid hall of the Palace of Versailles, France. When the dignitaries of the Parisian high society arrived, with a burst of ** sound, Ling Hong saw that the king was dressed in Chinese-style clothes and sat in a Chinese-style eight-lift sedan chair, and the audience suddenly let out an exclamation. This "Chinese-style" ball, planned by the Duke of Orleans, was actually just a fragment of a special fashion in Europe at that time.

This special fashion is the "China fever" that was popular in Europe for 100 years in the 18th century.

Missionaries depict the beauty of China's prosperity, and the "China fever" appears in turbulent Europe

Europe has long been eager to understand China. As early as the Roman Empire, Chinese silk as a luxury product caused a sensation in high society. In the 16th century, a large number of missionaries went to China, and the various reports they brought back directly aroused great European interest in China.

Among the many missionaries, Matteo Ricci had a special status. Not only did he achieve great success in China, but he also became an important figure in introducing Chinese culture to European intellectuals at that time. In the middle of the 16th century, Matteo Ricci was the first to translate the Confucian classics "Four Books" and "Five Classics" into Western Shenyan, and his "Matteo Ricci Diary" was the first comprehensive introduction to Chinese moral and religious thought to Europe.

It was through his advocacy and efforts that the missionaries in China introduced Chinese philosophy, religion, science, technology, and art to Europe, and had a great impact on Europe in the 18th century.

In the 18th century, China was in the midst of the Kangqian period, while Europe was still suffering from sectarian strife and war. When the missionaries to China presented a beautiful picture of China, it immediately aroused the envy of the whole of Europe. As a result, in the 100 years from the end of the 17th century to the end of the 18th century, an unprecedented "China fever" was formed in Europe.

During the "China fever" that lasted for more than 100 years, Europe sought after China in terms of material, culture, and political institutions, so much so that in 1769 a European wrote: "China is better known than some parts of Europe itself." ”

The 18th-century French oil painting "The Astronomer" depicts figures dressed in Chinese costumes.

The "China fever" was actually blown out by Marco Polo after returning to Europe from China, and he described China at that time as everywhere in the book. At that time, all European countries were experiencing the industrial revolution, the improvement of productivity greatly increased the demand for circulating currency, in order to get more precious metals, countries sent explorers from land and sea or to the east or west to find new countries and develop colonies, the Americas, Asia, Africa are all objects, but the Americas and Africa are poor and backward, empty natural resources, they only need to be violently seized, and Asia China is at the peak of the centralized system at this time, with strong national strength and developed economy, Europe can only need partners**, in the process of learning about Chinese culture, politics and other things, especially Confucianism and the imperial examination system. Because the cultural quality of the people in Europe at that time after the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution was greatly improved, many people began to care about participating in political activities, and the wind of democracy prevailed.

And Confucianism is originally the ideology of the ruling class to influence the masses of the people, which is even more interesting to Western rulers. The week of "China fever" is not so strange, as for the later Opium War and the War of Colonial Aggression, it is nothing more than that China has made too much money in the country, and the West has started a war when it is dissatisfied, in the final analysis, it is driven by interests. My personal opinion, you can make a reference.

In the late 16th century, with the rise of European capitalism, they gradually turned their attention to the East, which is the so-called "China fever" in history (probably not, because at that time the European capitalist countries were all preying and colonizing China with the intention of plundering and colonizing).

The modern China craze began at the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century. The main reason is that the trend of world economic integration is becoming more and more obvious, and there is more international cooperation, and people don't want to interact with you, especially in Europe, which is seriously affected by the financial crisis, and it is necessary to seek cooperation with other countries to make their own economies prosperous. Naturally, the eyes were set on China.