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.

Based mainly on classical translations from the Chinese themselves, each chapter addresses a specific aspect of daily living in the voices of those who lived during the time. A myriad of interesting details are provided to help readers discover, among other things, what life was like in the city, what homes and gardens were like, how the role's of men and women differed, and the many rituals in which people participated. Detailed descriptions of the clothes and materials people wore, the games they played and the cooking methods they used for specific foods provide readers with the ability to experiment on their own to recreate the time and place, so they can have a better understanding of this intriguing culture.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
History
Society
Cities and Urban Life
House and Garden
Clothes and Hygiene
Food and Feast
Leisure and Entertainment
Travel and Transportation
Crime and Punishment
Sickness and Healing
Life Cycle
Death and the Afterlife
Epilogue: The Fall
Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

CHARLES BENN is an independent scholar and an adjunct professor at The University of Hawai'i.

Zusammenfassung

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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Charles Benn, Charles D. Benn
• Verlag: Greenwood Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 17 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.12.2001
• EAN: 9780313309557
• ISBN: 978-0-313-30955-7
• Abmessung: 165 mm x 240 mm x 30 mm
• Serien: Daily Life; Contributions to the Study of; Contributions to the Study of; Daily Life; The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch; China, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Asia / China, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Asian History, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, World History: Culture