In late imperial times, and continuing after the 1911 revolution, China was anything but a “feudal” society. Although the economy was based primarily upon agriculture, and more than 80% of China’s population lived in rural areas, there were few legal or ins...
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For example, Norman Kutcher, in Mourning in Late Imperial China, notes the ubiquity of what he calls “crying” in ritual texts. He adds “It seems almost inconceivable that emotions could be turned on and off. But Family Rituals is replete with such language. Almost every ceremony in the ...
Mostly because most boats were made out of wood until the late 19th century when iron and steel ship construction became the norm. Nonetheless, they come in all different shapes and sizes from all over the world from the small fishing boats in the Pacific islands to the large junks of Impe...
While the hottest day in Nevada was recorded in Laughlin in 1994, in late August 2019, an excessive heat warning was issued to the residents of Las Vegas as the temperature slid up to 110 degrees. Studies show residents will likely be at an increased risk from exposure to extreme heat due...
This paper examines the formation of legal institutions in Qing China and Tokugawa Japan with a focus on the rice market. In both countries in the 18th century, rice was the most important commodity. By the end of 18th century, Japan offered strong legal
(in which each successive course projects inward from the course below it) been used for temples and tombs. Single-storyarchitecturepredominates throughout northern and much of eastern China, although multistory buildings constructed around a central earthen mound (qiu) date to the lateZhou dynasty(...
The earliest ceramic drainage system unearthed at the Pingliangtai site on the Central Plains of China represents an unprecedented social and environmental manipulation as societies faced surging environmental crises in the Late Holocene East Asian Monso
represents the culmination of his later years, demonstrating a more profound and majestic style compared to his earlier works, marking the achievements of his late artistic period. Although the stele remains intact today, excessive rubbings over generations have altered its characters, diminishing its ...
where excessive rainfall has caused severe mildew, resulting in very low yields way below 50%. We were delighted to meet Gregory Gouges again (its fourth-generation co-proprietor along with his cousin Antoine Gouges) in thechaiwhere he was busy supervising the morning’s harvest. In spite of ...