HIST 102 Chapter 2: History 102-The Death of Woman Wang Ch2
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January 1671 unusually heavy snowfall in tan cheng. Snow was a sign of good fortune, it was dryness or cold rain that was a worse threat, and if snow fell the new year festival was held with especial joyfulness. But this year the snow did not stop falling. Houses were completely buried and many of the poor people had to dig themselves out with their hands. Small villages were cut off for several days, birds, wild hares, plants were frozen to death. It was a catastrophe, but a local one, not a widespread regional one. Tan cheng was an agricultural county; little was manufactured and not many goods passed through the county page 34-35: description of the climate & what kind of crops/fruits grew, as well as how farming was performed. Tan cheng had a xed revenue quota that it had to pay every year to peking (like every other county in 17th century china)
