“新生活运动”源起江西南昌。1933年9月,民国政府军事委员会委员长蒋介石将行营设在了南昌。南昌是江西省会,与大多数内地省份城市一样,市容显得破旧落后,杂乱不堪。宋美龄到南昌后,对此感到吃惊,她成长在沿海城市和国外,对内地的传统生活感到厌恶和羞耻,蒋介石对内地社会的了解远甚于宋美龄,但对她的见解很有同感,两人认为:“现在,绝大多数中国人的精神状态是浑浑噩噩,毫无生气,在行动中表现为好歹不识、是非不辨、公私不分。由此,我们的官员虚假伪善,贪婪腐败;我们的百姓斗志涣散,对国家福利漠不关心;我们的青年颓废堕落,不负责任;我们的成年人则淫邪险恶,而又愚昧无知;有钱人纵欲放荡,花天酒地;而穷人则体弱污秽,潦倒于黑暗之中。所有这些导致政府的 ”New Life Movement " originated from Nanchang, Jiangxi. In September 1933, Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Republican Government Military Commission, set up his office in Nanchang. Nanchang is the capital city of Jiangxi Province. Like most of the provinces and cities in the interior, Nanchang City looks shabby and cluttered. She was amazed when she came to Nanchang. She grew up in the coastal cities and abroad and felt disgusted and ashamed of her traditional life in the Mainland. Chiang Kai-shek knew much about the mainland society than Soong Mei-ling, but shared her opinions with both men At the moment, most of the Chinese people are deprived of their state of mind and lifeless, behaving in whatever way they are, ignorance of the facts and ignorance of public or private interests, thus making our officials hypocritical and greedy and corrupt; Our people are mired in morale and indifference to the welfare of our nation; our youth decadently degenerate and irresponsible; our adults are sinister and ignorant; and the rich are indulgent and indulgent, while the poor are weak and filthy, In the dark, all of these lead to the government