Song China: words for a city's temples, rulers and trades
Local temples and a Chan monastery, the magistrate's yamen, scholar-officials, guilds, tea houses, paper money (960-1279). Names only: a culture changes no figure of the city, it gives the sheet its words.
| On the sheet | In this culture |
|---|---|
| Its places of worship | Its neighbourhood temples |
| Quarter of the places of worship | Around the temples |
| Quarter of the places of worship: where it lies | around the great Buddhist (Chan) monastery and the local temples. |
| Quarter of the powerful: where it lies | in the safest place, near the yamen, the magistrate's office. |
| The market: where the market is held | in the markets, where noodle shops stay open day and night. |
| Clergy | Buddhist monks |
| Notables | Scholar-officials (the gentry) |
| Scribes and public writers | Clerks |
| Guards | City guards |
| Bakers and cooks | Noodle shops |
| Brewers and taverners | Tea houses and taverns |
| Merchants | Guild merchants |
| Money-changers | Money changers (huizi paper money, copper cash) |
Hear it
- The town: Fantasy Medieval City (album RPG Ambiences Vol. 6)
- The market: Medieval Village Marketplace (on Patreon, Guardian tier)
- Around the places of worship: Asianfantasy Monastery (on Patreon, Guardian tier)
- The upper town: Manor Room in Wealthy District (on Patreon, Guardian tier)
- The fire trades: Medieval Industrial District (on Patreon, Guardian tier)
Other cultures
Medieval Europe, Imperial Rome, Medieval Arab-Persian world, Nahua (Aztecs), Inca (Quechua), Mali (Mande), Dwarven (fantasy)
Orders of magnitude for play: sourced figures and Hearth estimates together. Every source, and every figure still waiting for one, is listed in the builder under Sources.
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