poor people and rich people in ancient china
what type of houses did ancient chinese rich people live in?
ancient chinese rich people lived in large wooden houses,circling around a courtyard,roofs were generally built from tiles in curved shapes,there was very little furniture.
what type of houses did ancient chinese poor people live in?
ancient chinese poor people lived in hovels of two or less bedrooms,furniture included basic wooden benches.
what did the ancient chinese rich people eat?
what did ancient chinese poor people eat?
rich people at rice,wheat and millet they ate a variety of meat such as pork,chicken,duck,goose,pheasant and dog,they ate many vegetables yams,soya beans,turnip,spring onions and garlic,they ate plenty of fish,they ate soup which consisted of shark fins,birds nests,bear paws and sea slugs,rich ancient chinese people drank wine as well as tea.
in the south of ancient china poor people ate rice,in the north of ancient china they ate noodles,dumplings and pancakes however poor ancient chinese people were lucky if they had enough to eat to keep them alive.
what did ancient chinese poor people wear?
ancient chinese poor people made their clothes out of hemp or ramie,men wore baggy pants and a big cotton shirt both men and women wore straw shoes,ancient chinese poor children often wore their parents clothes when they were able to walk,the things they bought were old and had been used previously.
what did the ancient chinese rich people wear?
rich people would wear silk,they could wear any colour they would like and wore the finest clothes,the royal family would wear great cold and silver jewelry wealthy women wore silk slippers and wooden shoes,some women and men wore robes that tied to their waists along with a sash clothing of the rich is flowery and colourful