Pretending to Live in the Song Dynasty: a Guide to Life in Kyoto, Bianliang and Other Places

"Pretending to Live in the Song Dynasty: A Guide to Life in Bianliang, Kyoto and Other Places" selects the Song Dynasty, the most economically prosperous, politically enlightened, and "happiest" dynasty in Chinese history, as the text object, forming a brand new life guide for "drifting" in the Song Dynasty, and a complete strategy for starting a journey through the Song Dynasty. The author relies on nearly one million words of historical data reading and verification, and presents the entire social scene of the Song Dynasty to readers in a popular and humorous way. Clothing, food, housing and transportation, birth, old age, illness and death, struggle in the workplace, elite culture, marriage and family, fashion and entertainment... Every historical fact has its source and is absolutely not fabricated. After opening the book, the reader is the protagonist of "Pretending to Live in the Song Dynasty: A Guide to Life in Bianliang, Kyoto and Other Places". As a person from the Song Dynasty, he can authentically experience the folk customs and social life of the Song Dynasty. While being nourished by historical knowledge, he can deeply feel the long-standing charm of Chinese culture.