From the perspective of social history, this book presents a comprehensive picture of the brilliant material civilization and rich, diverse spiritual life of the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties periods.
On the one hand, it outlines the era's defining features, population distribution, class structure, the effects of open-minded ethnic policies and policies of opening up to the outside world on social life, and the relationship between grassroots governments, clans, local communities, and social life. On the other hand, it offers a detailed analysis of clothing, food, housing, transportation, marriage, funerals, social customs, and spiritual life during the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties periods.
The book also includes more than a hundred beautiful illustrations, helping readers gain a vivid, concrete view of what social life was really like during the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties periods.
The content of this book is really rich! It gives us a comprehensive understanding of the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties from the perspective of social life history. The author's discussion is very comprehensive, covering the characteristics of the times, demographic structure and policy implications. Moreover, the book also provides a detailed analysis of the basic necessities of life, including food, clothing, housing and transportation, and is accompanied by exquisite pictures, which allowed me to understand the life of that era more intuitively. I think this book is very helpful for us to understand history and it is worth reading!