In ancient times, were daughters of rich families the only ones allowed to learn zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, song and dance?

You are wrong. Poor girls have to work, learn a little rough red sewing is there, but can not learn too fine, the other from the land to planting and raising pigs to the water fire cooking have to do, so even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, foot-binding trend is prevalent, the bottom of the poor women also have a lot of big feet, because they have to work.

And the rich family of women, women's red is a compulsory course, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting rarely learn, generally recognize a few words can read the books do not delay the housekeeper on the line, the so-called women are not talented is virtue, the women's four virtues is the virtue of speech and face red, there is no any one and the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting related to the Dream of the Red Chamber of Mrs. Wang can not look at the Lin sister is a very natural thing. As for the song and dance is absolutely will not learn, that is only to manipulate the lowly profession of song and dance prostitutes only to learn, said a good family woman can sing and dance is a serious insult.