Han China Book Report
Han China Tourist Journal
Last year I had quite an adventure. I wanted to visit Han China but I couldn’t because the Han Dynasty was overthrown nearly 2000 years ago, in the year 220 CE. My solution was to build a time machine. I would tell you how I built it, but I won’t since you might use it to kill your grandfather and mess up reality. Anyways, I went back to the year 100 BCE during the reign of Han Wudi. I went back to this year because under Han Wudi the Han dynasty reached its peak, and I wanted to see the Han China when it was a glorious empire. When I arrived in China the first thing I noticed was a group of Chinese boys playing a sport that looked somewhat similar to a game of soccer. I asked one of them what they were playing …show more content…
I saw slaves, merchants, artisans, and peasants. What surprises me most about the chinese class system is that the peasants are ranked above the merchants, which is unlike any other civilization at the time. This was not clear by looking at them, because some merchants were quite rich, but I know that they were a lower caste than peasants by reading chinese records written on bamboo scrolls. I also wanted to find out what the status of women in chinese society was, so I visited the homes of chinese families. I noticed that women were considered inferior to men and had to obey their husband and brother but not their sons. Another thing I noticed about the position of women in han china was that despite being considered inferior, they held respectable occupations and some even worked on the family’s farm.
The place I was most eager to visit was the great wall of China. I didn’t know where the great wall of china was, but I figured i could get to it by traveling along the silk roads. When I arrived at the silk roads I was surprised to see so many people of different nationalities .There were Greeks,Indians, romans, egyptians, and even British merchants all trading on the silk roads. I saw them trading numerous products such as silk, wine, furs, and spices. Most of the traders went in large groups because smaller groups were easy targets for
Last year I had quite an adventure. I wanted to visit Han China but I couldn’t because the Han Dynasty was overthrown nearly 2000 years ago, in the year 220 CE. My solution was to build a time machine. I would tell you how I built it, but I won’t since you might use it to kill your grandfather and mess up reality. Anyways, I went back to the year 100 BCE during the reign of Han Wudi. I went back to this year because under Han Wudi the Han dynasty reached its peak, and I wanted to see the Han China when it was a glorious empire. When I arrived in China the first thing I noticed was a group of Chinese boys playing a sport that looked somewhat similar to a game of soccer. I asked one of them what they were playing …show more content…
I saw slaves, merchants, artisans, and peasants. What surprises me most about the chinese class system is that the peasants are ranked above the merchants, which is unlike any other civilization at the time. This was not clear by looking at them, because some merchants were quite rich, but I know that they were a lower caste than peasants by reading chinese records written on bamboo scrolls. I also wanted to find out what the status of women in chinese society was, so I visited the homes of chinese families. I noticed that women were considered inferior to men and had to obey their husband and brother but not their sons. Another thing I noticed about the position of women in han china was that despite being considered inferior, they held respectable occupations and some even worked on the family’s farm.
The place I was most eager to visit was the great wall of China. I didn’t know where the great wall of china was, but I figured i could get to it by traveling along the silk roads. When I arrived at the silk roads I was surprised to see so many people of different nationalities .There were Greeks,Indians, romans, egyptians, and even British merchants all trading on the silk roads. I saw them trading numerous products such as silk, wine, furs, and spices. Most of the traders went in large groups because smaller groups were easy targets for