### 252580520 the role of canopied beds differed between China and Europe > For a more in-depth look at the role beds have played in Chinese history, I'd recommend reading Chapter 10 of Sarah Handler's [Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Austere_Luminosity_of_Chinese_Classical/_MYkDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0). It comes with several illustrations showing off the variety of canopied beds throughout the centuries, some of which you can see in Google's book preview. Many of the beds look similar to the four-poster beds of European nobility; while you can draw many comparisons between them, Chinese canopied beds were in a league all their own. - [View Highlight](https://reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/r189so/looking_for_info_on_the_historical_practice_of?__readwiseLocation=0%2F7%2F0%2F4%2F2%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F4%2F1%2F0%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F5%2F1%2F0%2F3%3A0%2C2%2F7%2F0%2F4%2F2%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F4%2F1%2F0%2F1%2F0%2F0%2F0%2F5%2F1%2F0%2F3%3A336#:~:text=For%20a%20more%20in-depth%20look%2Ca%20league%20all%20their%20own.) - [[noble Chinese girls growing up without leaving their bed by pineyapples#252580520 the role of canopied beds differed between China and Europe|View in Vault]]