Everyday Life in the Qin Dynasty
Although there is still much research needed on the daily life of people in ancient China, there are some things we know that can help us to make very factualy guesses and assumptions.
Daily life was most likely a normal hard working, industrious day, for farmers and peasants. The Farmers and Peasants would be doing as much as they could the entire day to be getting what they could, money-wise. As the farmers had to plow their land, pick the fresh crops, clean the crops, sell the crops, all by themselves... it was agenerally a tough day for them. On the other hand, Merchants and Nobles had an extremely easy, laid back day. Their day was full of watching over everyone else, and making sure nobody dies, or something else extreme. Other than that, they really didn't get their hands too dirty.
The position of women in everyday life wasn't too action-packed or fun-filled. Since the civilization was strictly male dominance, there was not much that women could do, regarding themselves. The women were forced to stay home to care for children and do household chores, where men were out working on farms and in markets. Women didn't have any choice in marriage, or anything else for that matter. Anything regarding their spouse, their household, their land, or their farms, the women didn't get a single word in it.
When girls began becoming women, their feet were broken and bandaged multiple times over a long period of time, reducing the size of their feet. This was an extremely painful process that took a long time, but was considered mandatory for women.
Daily life was most likely a normal hard working, industrious day, for farmers and peasants. The Farmers and Peasants would be doing as much as they could the entire day to be getting what they could, money-wise. As the farmers had to plow their land, pick the fresh crops, clean the crops, sell the crops, all by themselves... it was agenerally a tough day for them. On the other hand, Merchants and Nobles had an extremely easy, laid back day. Their day was full of watching over everyone else, and making sure nobody dies, or something else extreme. Other than that, they really didn't get their hands too dirty.
The position of women in everyday life wasn't too action-packed or fun-filled. Since the civilization was strictly male dominance, there was not much that women could do, regarding themselves. The women were forced to stay home to care for children and do household chores, where men were out working on farms and in markets. Women didn't have any choice in marriage, or anything else for that matter. Anything regarding their spouse, their household, their land, or their farms, the women didn't get a single word in it.
When girls began becoming women, their feet were broken and bandaged multiple times over a long period of time, reducing the size of their feet. This was an extremely painful process that took a long time, but was considered mandatory for women.