Daily life in traditional China : the Tang dynasty
This thorough exploration of the aspects of everyday life in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) provides fascinating insight into a culture and time that is often misunderstood, especially by those from western cultures. Here students will find the details of what life was really like for these people. How was their society structured? How did they entertain themselves? What sorts of food did they eat? The answers to these and other questions are provided in full detail to bring this golden age of Chinese culture alive for the modern reader. Annotation. Covering the three centuries of the Tang dynasty (618-907), Benn (U. of Hawai'i) discusses the material and cultural existence of daily living in China. Because the only written material available from those times were authored by members of the nobility, the material is naturally lacking in descriptions of peasants, merchants, artisans, and slaves, instead focusing on intellectuals, clergy, and patricians. Separate chapters are devoted to cities and urban life, houses and gardens, clothes and hygiene, food, leisure and entertainment, travel and transportation, crime and punishment, health, and death and the afterlife. B & w illustrations dot the text, demonstrating what many of the artifacts and processes discussed looked like
Electronic books
1 online resource (xxii, 317 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780313006876, 9781280708879, 0313006873, 1280708875
51743549
History
Society
Cities and urban life
House and garden
Clothes and hygiene
Food and feasts
Leisure and entertainment
Travel and transportation
Crime and punishment
Sickness and health
Life cycle
Death and the afterlife
Epilogue : the fall
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
Text in English
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