How serious was the phenomenon of infant drowning in the Qing Dynasty?

According to historical records, the phenomenon of infant drowning during the Qing Dynasty was very serious, many families have had the phenomenon of infant drowning, most of the victims are female babies, but male babies are also there, but relatively few, the reason for this situation is mainly because of the following four reasons:1. Preference for sons; 2. Can't afford to raise; 3. No contraception; 4. Bastard

First of all, most of the active "drowning babies" during the Qing Dynasty were caused by patriarchy, the Qing Dynasty itself was a feudal dynasty, people at that time were very feudal and decadent, every household hoped to have a male to pass the incense, at that time there was no son of the family was still looked down upon, so many people gave birth to a baby girl, will choose not to, their goal is just "son" only.

Secondly, many "drowning babies" during the Qing Dynasty were also unable to raise them, the class difference in the Qing Dynasty was relatively large, and the lives of many peasants were also very difficult, if there were two or three children in the family, they might be able to afford it, but after the fourth and fifth children were born, they may choose not to, which is also an important reason for drowning babies.

In addition, now we have a lot of healthy and scientific contraceptive methods, but there was no healthy contraceptive method during the Qing Dynasty, so although many families can no longer afford to raise children, they will still get pregnant one after another, so they can only give birth to children and then solve them in various ways.

Finally, although the Qing Dynasty was a feudal dynasty, it was not allowed to have illegitimate children, especially if women were pregnant before marriage, they would be ridiculed by the world, but premarital sex was not uncommon, and those women who were unexpectedly pregnant could not have children after giving birth, and there were also illegitimate children born to eunuchs outside the family, which could not be raised by the righteous and bright, so they could only be solved in an extreme way.

Since the Qing Dynasty belonged to ancient times, they also had a lot of inbreeding at that time, so many babies would have defects and disabilities. They're going to have this phenomenon and they're going to be women. Babies will have a natural rejection, so they will also be disposed of.

It's really serious, because there were a lot of people in the Qing Dynasty who were patriarchal and felt that men were the pillars of the family, so girls would drown.

It can be said that it has reached the level of being seen everywhere, mainly because people did not have enough to eat at that time, so having a child can only make such a choice.

It was very serious, because in the Qing Dynasty, everyone couldn't afford to eat, so it was common to drown if you had a child.

Perhaps it is said that it has reached the level that can be seen everywhere, mainly because people could not eat enough at that time, so they only made the same choice when they had children.

The ugly custom of abandoning babies and drowning babies is continuous from the perspective of time, and it continues with history to the end of feudal society, and there are still remnants in modern times. It is extensive, covering most provinces and most regions. In the Qing Dynasty, this kind of thing reached a peak, and most of the drowning babies in the Qing Dynasty were female babies, and newborn girls were drowned in urine buckets and water basins, and even reached the level of "no household is not drowning".

This shows Liang Tseran, how serious the phenomenon of infant drowning was in the Qing Dynasty. Qi Xing.

It is particularly serious, this phenomenon was very popular at that time in Qinduan, and it was a bad habit, there was continuity, I know that it is generally in the south of the lake, Shanxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu.

During the Qing Dynasty, many babies would have this kind of situation, mainly because people thought that it would relieve the child's suffering.

In some areas, if there are three daughters in the family, they will be treated as wealthy, and it is rare to have a daughter in the family, and many girls are drowned. Their lives are not particularly good, the family needs some labor, and the birth of a girl is very stressful for the family, so some girls drown.

At that time, 80% of the people in society favored sons over daughters, so many people would choose to torture and kill or drown directly in the basin after seeing that it was a girl; It was the social atmosphere at that time, when the gap between the rich and the poor in society was very large, and the population grew very fast, which was affected by the heavy marriage at that time.

Infant drowning led to a complete imbalance in the male-to-female ratio at the time, which reached 121:7, and the cost of marriage was particularly high. In fact, the family is patriarchal, and the conditions at home are not particularly good and cannot afford to feed.

The phenomenon of infant drowning in the Qing Dynasty was very serious, and infant drowning in the Qing Dynasty had become a bad habit, and they all disliked giving birth to daughters, and finally drowned their daughters alive.

The phenomenon of infant drowning in the Qing Dynasty was very serious, and strict regulations and management systems were established at that time, and even related books were printed, and this phenomenon did not change until after the liberation.

In the Qing Dynasty, the phenomenon of infant drowning was very serious, and as long as parents were not satisfied with their children, they would drown their babies.

Extreme poverty in general, the heavy burden of various taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed by the Manchu court, and the impact of the imperialist invasion in the late Qing Dynasty caused extremely poor living conditions for the Qing people. At that time, there was no contraceptive measure, and it became a very common phenomenon to give birth to a child who was unable to support it and could only drown, and it was natural for both men and women to be unable to support the drowning child.

First of all, "drowning" is to let the child drown in the water. Because of such a large Qing Dynasty and a large number of people, these acts were carried out secretly, and it was difficult to catch people.

"Drowning" means drowning a child, because people at that time had poor contraceptive skills and no money to support them, and there were all kinds of them.

"Drowning" means drowning a child to death, drowning a baby girl. That's because of the patriarchal mentality and contraceptive technology at that time.

Infant drowning is actually drowning female infanticide, abusing female infants, and the Qing Dynasty due to patriarchal thinking, poverty and failure to raise children, and the lack of effective contraceptive measures and other reasons.

"Drowning babies" is to drown children who are born but cannot be fed, and the fundamental reason is that the burden of the common people is too heavy.

It's just that the newborn child will be harmed.,This kind of situation usually happens only in palace fights.。

At the beginning of the Republic of China, 150 women over the age of 50 were surveyed, and a total of 158 female babies were drowned.

Among them, there are still people who have lost count of how many baby girls they have drowned.

In some places, not only female babies are abandoned, but even male babies are abandoned, and the abandonment of drowning babies is not limited to one, some abandon two, and sometimes even more than five or six.

The reason for the emergence of infant drowning and abandonment in the Qing Dynasty was related to the large increase in population and the lack of food at that time. But the most direct reason is that the concept of preference for sons is deeply rooted.

During the Qing Dynasty, the phenomenon of "drowning babies" was very serious, because in the late Qing Dynasty, there were continuous wars, and adults could not eat enough and could not survive, so for the newly born children, many of them were terminated.

It is said to be very serious, and this situation often occurs, mainly because of the patriarchal thinking of the Qing Dynasty, so it will happen.

Because the phenomenon of preference for sons over daughters in the Qing Dynasty was very serious, they thought very feudal, and felt that girls were a burden, and there were many children who were drowned during that period, and the phenomenon was very serious.

Infant drowning occurred in all dynasties, but the Qing dynasty was the most severe, in Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangsu, and Anhui, mainly because of the preference for sons. There are also food shortages and other reasons.

It's serious, because there are too many patriarchal people.