Farming in the Shang Dynasty
By: Alyssa McHale
Farming in the Shang dynasty was outstandingly hard. Farmers did not get as much respect as the others. For homes, the farmers got to live in very small homes made out of bamboo. This was mostly in the summer. But, in the winter the farmers would usually be moved to villages. Constantly moving around could affect there settlement. The winter houses were even worse. They were one room houses, with no furniture.
The farmers had to work on the farms assigned by the rulers and nobles. They did not own the land. They had no saying on anything, not even where they farmed. Most of the food they grew did not even go to them. They had to give most of it to the nobles. The farmers worked mostly 24/7.
These tasks are very hard because they had to work all the time which means they did not have time for their families, and after doing all this work, they did not get a repay. The nobles got most of the food which would be hard for the farmers to manage. If the farmers kept moving around from place to place where they lived, this would become a challenge. They would not be able to settle in the place they wanted to be. They had no choice. This is why farming was most likely a challenge for the farmers.
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