China's Golden Era

Restoring the daily life of people in the prosperous Tang Dynasty from the perspective of foreigners, showing a golden age that you are not familiar with, using rigorous standards of academic research, putting it into easy-to-understand way, and showing the Panoramic image of clothing, food, living and traveling. One of the representative works of Charles Ben, an overseas independent sinologist and professor of the University of Hawaii. This book is based on the course The Daily Life of the Ancient Chinese taught by the author at the University of Hawaii. I have taught it five or six times. The purpose of this course is to enable students to understand the history, philosophy, religion, literature, art, and other fields of ancient China. The book covers both material aspects (from toilets to graves) and feudal social customs (from festivals to funerals).