社会风尚主要指社会的思想意识和民情风习,是时代风貌的具体表现。社会风尚受经济基础的制约,随着社会的发展而不断变化。明清时代,随着苏州社会经济的繁荣,物质生活水平的提高,人们的精神生活也发生了显著的变化。尤其是商品经济的高度发展和资本主义萌芽的出现,引起了人们思想观念的改变,新的社会风气逐渐形成。 Social fashion mainly refers to the social ideology and customs, is a concrete manifestation of the style of the times. Social customs are constrained by the economic base and evolve with the development of society. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the social and economic prosperity of Suzhou and the improvement of material living standards, remarkable changes have taken place in people’s spiritual life. In particular, the highly developed commodity economy and the emergence of the capitalist sprout have triggered changes in people’s attitudes and ideas, and a new social climate has taken shape.