Daily Life:
First of all, we are going to talk about the rich people. The main part of a wealthy Mongol woman’s dress was the tall “gugu” headdress. It was usually worn with a fancy robe also with shiny bands at the neck and wrists. An assistant carried these for the rich Mongol women. At court, they also wore less fancy things like decorated overcoats. Now, on to the men. They would wear a signature garment with cummerbund waist. They were made of fabrics associated with specific ethnic groups. For special events, they would wear robes usually of cloth of gold, also called nasij, and had pearls and expensive stones. On casual days, men would wear less formal long garments with colorful badges on their chest and back. Also causal everyday belts for activities such as hunting. Chinese theater developed the most in the Yuan Dynasty. There were short plays, skits, and monologues. They Yuan Dynasty drama become a very popular and well seen form of entertainment. Being social was a big part of daily life in China in the Yuan Dynasty. Because the Chinese emperor was from Mongolia, Mongols were always high up in the social class. I want to be at the top of the social class too! At the second social class level were foreigners and people with government jobs. At the bottom were architects, military engineers, poets, musicians, etc. Dinner was the most important meal of the day for the Yuan people. They sat at a round table with a round bowl in the center. I guess they like round stuff! The bowl had boiling water that they would all dip pieces of mutton and vegetables in the water in the round bowl until the mutton and vegetable were fully cooked. Sounds like fondue! It is interesting to compare our daily life to theirs!
-Karliel/Karl
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