Life in Ming & Qing China (23 Dez 1368 Jahr – 23 Dez 1911 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

Middle Kingdom Concept: China is the center of the civilized world

- relatively isolated civilization and view the rest of the world as barbarians



Families & Role of Women

- farmers grew rice & new crops: corn & sweet potatoes (from the Americas)

- more food production = better nutrition = families expanded = population increase

- famine was China's biggest threat until the 1960s

- sons were favored over daughters
- only a son could perform religious rituals
- son would raise his own family under his parents' roof
- females were not valued- female infants were often killed

- wives supervised the education of kids & family finances



Merit-based civil service examination system: China was a meritocracy but Japan was more feudalistic



Cultural Developments: everything based on traditional forms

- most artists painted traditional styles: technique > creativity

- drama was popular entertainment: presented Chinese history & cultural heroes (helped unify Chinese society

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