An Interpretation of Social Education during Yan'an Period from aPerspective of People's Livelihood

The social education was the measure taken by CPC during the Yan'an period to change the situation of a large amount of illiterate people, backward productive forms, poor social conventions and people's ignorant thoughts. In the form of mass's movement, the social education opened the people's education in a large scale and ran through thirteen years of Yan'an history. It was connected with the public demands in border regions closely in content. And its form was in line with the fact of the regions. Through the social education, the people's levels of culture and thinking were increased rapidly in a short period in Shaanxi-Ganu-Ningxia border Region. As a result, the people's health, spiritual outlook were improved, and the social reform was promoted.