### 252580509 Chinese beds served as thrones > While canopied beds were used in both men's and women's bedrooms, the women's were much more elaborate. Besides being as important a piece of furniture as a throne in a palace, it's also where she kept her most valuable jewelry, her money, and other prized possessions. You could entertain guests from it and in it as a place to socialize, with plenty of room for "favored friends" to come visit if the lady so wishes. Such beds were also part of a bride's dowry once she married, so it's historically accurate for the mother to tell her daughter she'd keep her bed after marrying. If accepted as the marriage bed, it takes on the crucial role as the setting where sons are conceived, and the continuation of the family line is secured. - [View Highlight](https://reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/r189so/looking_for_info_on_the_historical_practice_of?__readwiseLocation=0%2F4%2F0%2F4%2F2%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F4%2F1%2F0%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F5%2F1%2F0%2F3%3A0%2C0%2F4%2F0%2F4%2F2%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F4%2F1%2F0%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F5%2F1%2F0%2F3%3A736#:~:text=While%20canopied%20beds%20were%20used%2Cthe%20family%20line%20is%20secured.) - [[noble Chinese girls growing up without leaving their bed by pineyapples#252580509 Chinese beds served as thrones|View in Vault]] - [n] Used for [[2022-01-31 Jewelry]]