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Title: China Chapter 15-3


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Chapter 15-3
China
By Bill N.
2
Social Classes
  • All people were not considered equal
  • Women were considered inferior to men
  • Young had to respect their elders
  • The highest class was the Gentry
  • Wealthy landowners
  • Allowed fingernails to grow very long to show
    they didnt have to work
  • Next was the Peasants
  • Class most people belonged to
  • Some were relativley rich
  • Others were tenant farmers

Chinese Gentry
3
Social Classes
  • Lower than Peasants were artisans and merchants
  • You could move up in class
  • If you passed examinations you might become a
    govt official and therefore rise in society

Chinese Peasants
4
Family Life
  • From an early age children learned their needs
    came after the familys
  • The idea of Filial Piety was used. This meant the
    eldest family members needs were met before the
    youngest
  • Values such as respect for elders, duty and
    harmony were of great importance
  • The most desired type of family, was a Joint
    Family
  • A Joint Family contained many generations with
    the oldest male having the most authority

Family Elder
5
Family Life
  • Marriages were always arranged
  • The Gentry used marriages to strengthen their
    positions in society
  • Peasants looked for wives who could work in the
    fields and bear them many children
  • Families consulted ancestors for approval before
    marriages
  • Final details were worked out with a go-between

Traditional Chinese Wedding
6
Role of Women
  • Womens role in the Chinese society was to bear
    children and work
  • No family celebrated the birth of a daughter
  • When a woman married she then became part of her
    husbands family

Chinese Wife
7
Role of Women
  • Chinese also adopted the practice of binding
    womens feet to make sure her feet did not grow
  • This practice was very painful, but parents
    thought they wouldnt find a husband for a girl
    with big feet
  • The young bride had to obey her husbands mother
  • It was under her mother-in-law that she learned
    the ways of the household
  • Some mother-in-laws could be very cruel

Lady who had bound feet
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