Tokyo Dreams
by (song Dynasty) Written By Meng Yuanlao, Translated And Annotated By Hou Yinguo
About This Novel
"Tokyo Menghua Lu" was written in 1147 and first published in 1187. It is a notebook written by Meng Yuanlao, a survivor of the Northern Song Dynasty, who traces the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Tokyo (also known as Bianjing and Bianliang, today's Kaifeng, Henan) from Chongning to Xuanhe (1102-1125). The book consists of ten volumes, detailing the panoramic view of life and urban style in Tokyo from the nobles to the common people, covering urban layout, rivers and alleys, shops and stalls, food and daily life, eating, drinking and entertainment, annual goods, regulations and systems, Customs, etiquette, etc., Everything is covered in detail. It is the only ukiyo-e and style painting that comprehensively records Bianjing in the Northern Song Dynasty so far. It complements Zhang Zeduan's "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" and can be called a written version of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". It is of high value for future generations to study the urban layout, architecture, transportation, industries, folk customs, goods, food, age, geography and even meteorology of the Song Dynasty.
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Official(3)Scraped 16d ago
The cities, villages, customs and customs of the Song Dynasty are of high research value. How different are the lives of the nobles and the common people? The daily life of the people of the Song Dynasty will be like ours.
In the Song Dynasty, the ancient economic development reached its peak, and the happiness index of the people increased. The Tokyo Menghualu is the text version of the Qingming River Scene, which depicts the prosperous scene at that time.
People will have many differences depending on the era they live in, but we should study the differences in lifestyles and so on in each era. This is the necessity for us to inherit history.
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Official(3)Scraped 16d ago
The cities, villages, customs and customs of the Song Dynasty are of high research value. How different are the lives of the nobles and the common people? The daily life of the people of the Song Dynasty will be like ours.
In the Song Dynasty, the ancient economic development reached its peak, and the happiness index of the people increased. The Tokyo Menghualu is the text version of the Qingming River Scene, which depicts the prosperous scene at that time.
People will have many differences depending on the era they live in, but we should study the differences in lifestyles and so on in each era. This is the necessity for us to inherit history.
