Did ancient(古代的)Chinese people have three meals a day like us now? How many times did they eat a day?
Before and during the Qin and Han dynasties(朝代),1people only ate two meals a day. They didn't have enough food2bad farming.
3, they ate the first meal between 7 and 9 a.m., while the second between 3 and 5 p. m. Breakfast was the main meal, because they thought4_was the most important time of a day.5, at the same time, some nobles(贵族) and rich people had three meals a day. But this was not common.
Three meals a day became6during the Sui and Tang dynasties. At that time, the country and the farming were7. Lunch became the main meal. Many poets, such as Bai Juyi and Jia Dao, used the word"8" in their poems(诗歌).
The9of meals someone ate also depended on(取决于) their social status and customs(社会地位和习俗).For example, nobles of the Han Dynasty(202 BC—220 AD) enjoyed four meals a day. Nobles of the Qing Dynasty (1636—1912) had only10. They were Manchu people. Two meals a day was the custom of them.
