This book employs textual and archaeological material to reconstruct the various features of daily life in ancient China.

Along China's Yellow River, a mighty and technologically advanced civilization grew and flourished for thousands of years without any contact from the rest of t

Describes the occupations, pleasures, clothes, food, art, and social and civic life of the people in the city of Hangchow.

Even today the economic powerhouse of modern China takes strength and nourishment from its legacy of antiquity. Ancient China illuminates this venerable heritag