MMW 13 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading: Lantern Festival, Taoism, Ricky Ortiz
26 Apr 2018
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Written about the city of hangzhou in 1235, a capital of the song dynasty. Markets run everyday from dawn till dusk and they sell everything you can think of in amazing quantities. The lantern festival is a big deal and everyone decorates. Royal carriage processions are more like parades and take up the whole street during the event and the people are given gifts. Acting troupes are common and perform everyday anywhere they can find space. Being called a company is a tax category. Any establishment that sells some sort of good or service falls under this category (including doctors and fortune tellers). Some businesses use different terms to identify themselves like gathering and workshop. the capital has the best of everything. The ones that serve food and drink are the most varied and respected. They can range from your normal little shop to something very extravagant (resembling a noble person"s mansion).
