The Song Dynasty Was Surprisingly Fun: Everyday Life Was Anything but Ordinary

People living in the Song Dynasty a thousand years ago had already begun pursuing a high-quality lifestyle. They kept cats and dogs as pets, and even treated them as family members. They cared about oral hygiene and had already started brushing their teeth. Song children also had plenty of toys. The clay dolls popular at the time remain beloved to this day. If there were one word to describe the daily lives of people in the Song Dynasty, it would surely be "refined."