People living in the Qing Dynasty: A Picture of Social Life in the Qing Dynasty

Author: Feng Erkang
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Narrates the leisurely tales from imperial palaces to bustling streets, vividly recreating the diverse aspects of traditional Chinese life. This book explores life in the Qing Dynasty from three major perspectives—social snapshots, the lives of officials and gentry, and anecdotes about emperors—and covers over thirty subtopics such as The Rice Stew Houses of the Qing Dynasty, Child Marriage and the Custom of Child-Bride, and The Procreation of Qing Emperors. Reading this book is like wandering through Qing Dynasty society, offering both the joy of reading and the accumulation of knowledge.