During the five hundred years from the beginning of Ming Dynasty to the end of Qing Dynasty, Ryukyu sent a large number of “official students” and “halfofficial students” to study in China, most of whom came from Kume village, in order to learn the excellent traditional Chinese culture and science and technology, and turn Ryukyu into a “state of etiquette”. Their study focused on Chinese Confucian classics. After returning to Ryukyu, these students were highly valued and given full play to their specialty. They devoted themselves to the dissemination, education and popularization of Chinese traditional Confucian culture in Ryukyu for a long time and made important cultural contributions, exercising profound historical impact for they paved the most important way for Confucianism to be accepted by Ryukyu. As Confucianism exerted influence on all aspects of it society, Ryukyu, a “barbarian” country that had never heard of poetry, books, rites and music, was finally known as the “state of etiquette”. As a result, the local people were deeply influenced by Confucian thought of pursuing the future and respecting the ancestors. So even in the late Qing Dynasty when Japan annexed Ryukyu, and Kume village declined, the villagers still followed the tradition of commemorating their ancestors and adhering to the Confucian culture. Through the activities organized by such Kumes clan societies as Chong Shen Hui and Men Zhong Hui, the villagers never left the traditional Chinese Confucian culture and life customs.