Ancient carriage really only the status of noble people can sit?

Carriages in the early days of antiquity is really only the status of noble people can use, even in the Han Dynasty period, the state in order to inhibit the businessman stipulates that merchants can not take the carriage, but after the Han Dynasty, the carriage ride requirements are slowly relaxed, the businessman can also take the carriage.

The history of the earliest chariot can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty, according to archaeological evidence in more than 3,000 years ago, China has appeared in the two-wheeled carriage, as a means of transportation, the carriage, at that time more as a chariot to use. The history of the chariot has been extended to the Han Dynasty, because the enemy changed, the mobility of the chariot in the face of nomads is too poor, so in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty chariot out of the battlefield in the history of the carriage more began to be used in the official and civilian use. Carriage as a means of travel also in 3000 years ago has been formed, but that is the carriage is more used by the royal family; to the Qin and Han, the carriage has become a status symbol, especially the emperor's frame has on the decoration to the horse need to be carefully prepared. While the low-level officials can only ride by the carriage made of bamboo and wood.

In the early years of the Han Dynasty, because of the war carriage loss is huge, the emperor's frame is also quite simple, after a period of rest and recuperation, coupled with the carriage is not used in the war, at that time the carriage has begun to be common, and ride on the carriage of the requirements of the people have also been reduced, a lot of people have the opportunity to sit on the carriage. Then by the influence of the agricultural suppression of business ideas, the latter Han Dynasty on the merchants to develop a more stringent carriage system, requiring merchants can not ride the carriage, but after the Han Dynasty, the official family or the local gentry have their own carriages, and for the use of carriages for the crowd is also slowly enlarged.

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