Life in Ancient China

       Life in Ancient China

Foot binding:

Girls from the age of five were forced to bind their feet. They had to break their toes and curl them back by bandaging them. They had to keep there feet like that for long periods of time.  The smallest foot was bounded to about 10cm. A girl’s foot was broke many times to get the perfect shape. Foot binding was a thought of beauty. When breaking the foot they curl back eight toes and leave the two big toes. The procedure of foot binding was painful and uncomfortable.  

                                  

Women:

The positions for women were cruel, being forced into marriages and forced into having children, so lives for women were hard. A ladies job in ancient China was to have children, get married, taking care of the children and household chores. Women were empowered, Girls in ancient china did not have a name they were just called daughter number 1, number 2, number 3 and so on. After marriage a women would be a slave to her husband. Women in ancient china had no education, Women did not know how to wright but they made up there own language to send to other women the language is called Nushu.

Jobs/Working

Jobs in Ancient China were hard for the poor they were farmers, they would spend all there day farming without eating, so for the poor their jobs were back-breaking. Some jobs were farming, mining, fishing, business, arts and crafts, trade, slaves and merchants. Trade jobs salt, iron, silk and cattle. There were not many jobs for the rich but there were owners, poets and scholar. 

Interesting Facts

- The religions in Ancient China were Buddhism, Taoism and        Confucianism.

- The people of Ancient China also believed in Yin and Yang.

- The rich people in Ancient China lived in luxurious places.

- The poor lived small huts.

- Chinese emperors could have over 3,000 wives.