Porcelain, the Hanlin Academy, court eunuchs, and steamed glutinous rice are just a few of the variety of things that made up the culture of the Ming dynasty.
Porcelain was such a large part of life in China then because of the amount of it that was traded and brought in income. Artists decorated porcelain with images of lotuses and vines with blue paint that was made from cobalt. Flower designs represented the different seasons. Peonies for spring, lotus blossoms for summer, chrysanthemums for fall, and plum blossoms for winter.
The Hanlin Academy was an academy of scholars who wrote letters, treaties, historical documents, and poetry. Hanlin means the forest of writing brushes.
Stone pieces and bricks were glued together with egg white and steamed glutinous rice to form the building blocks of a structure. Builders made the frame work of the roof before putting up the walls. The walls weren't used for support as they were just screens.
Court eunuchs were forced to be illiterate and weren't allowed to have any part in government. They helped to control the emperor's palace, wives, and concubines.
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