People living in the Qing Dynasty (Illustrations of Social Life in the Qing Dynasty)

Author: Fengerkang
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Narrates the lingering tales from imperial palaces to bustling streets, vividly recreating the diverse aspects of traditional Chinese life. This book explores the lives of people 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 Porridge Shops of the Qing Dynasty, Child Marriage and the Custom of Child betrothal, and The Procreation of Qing Emperors. Reading this book is like wandering through Qing society, offering both the joy of reading and the accumulation of knowledge.