Daily Life In China Summary

The book “Daily life in China On the eve of the Mongol Invasion 1250-1276” is a Chinese historical book that historians and readers will enjoy to read because it has information written about all aspects of life during 1250 in such a vivid way that it would not be insane to say that is possible to picture the stories and documents found within the book. This book mentions about a time when the population of China was only six million inhabitants compared to the 1.3 billion of today but was the riches and most powerful country in the world. This time was during the Sung dynasty. Life was booming and even though wealth was not fairly distribute, China was becoming a very modern country way before the west. Readers will learn what China could
The author showed the readers how the people lived from the poor to the middle class, upper/wealthy class, and to the emperor. What did they do, what kind of cloths they wore, what type of food they ate? What festivals and customs were important? The reader can experience what the different social classes would do to experienced satisfaction and enjoyment. The housing was very interestingly done during this period; the basic materials used were wood, bamboo, bricks and tiles. Stones were saved for bridges, paving the streets and roads, and for Buddhist buildings. Fires were very common during this time. Houses for rich and poor people or for private or public buildings were all made from the same materials and all buildings without exceptions were made in rectangular shape. The life cycle: How education would differ between classes, also marriage, illness, death, and the position of women in society as well as the festivals and religions are some of the other aspects of life that Jacques