Kitchen scene from a mural in an Eastern Han tomb
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From Wenwu 10, 1972, reproduced in Chang, KC (ed) Food in Chinese Culture: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives, Yale University Press, 1977, illustration 9

The people in this busy kitchen scene are shown carrying firewood and drawing water as well as preparing food. Different kinds of meat are hanging in the top right-hand corner and a dish of fish and a tray of drinking cups are clearly visible.