To ensure male heirs were produced, it was a common practice for an upper-class married man to have one or more concubines, provided he could support them.
[1] In the late Qing Dynasty, Geji culture declined and began to be replaced by high-class prostitutes.
Western observers in China during the nineteenth century witnessed these women singing but had no idea what to call them.
At fifteen or sixteen, the laobaos (老鸨) and pimps gave them large numbers of obscene books to read, and they began to work as prostitutes.
Accompanies guests to drink tea and chat, which is called "Da Cha Wei(打茶围)".
Regardless of whether they are Chang San or Yao Er, they all have a unified title "guan ren (倌人)", which refers to prostitutes who are officially listed for business.
The women serving in the lowest tiers of the sex trade were often there as a result of being sold, mortgaged, kidnapped, or otherwise forced into the industry.
(These do not address the women in other industries, such as masseuses and taxi dancers, who part-time sold sexual services.)
The singing girls knew that the peach blossom badge was set by the government for prostitutes, so she refused to wear it.
The Nanjing government stated that singing girls also wear badges to avoid confusion with prostitutes.
At that time, there was even a boatload of "singing girls" wearing silver badges who went to the hotel to engage in prostitution secretly.
In conjunction with Confucian ideals of the virtues of modesty, this led to a standard of dress aimed to hide the form of the body within.
Prostitutes receive human rights assistance and medical attention, and brothel owners face legal penalties.
In Beijing, Shanghai and Nanjing, large sums of money were allocated to purchase penicillin, which could not be produced in China at the time, to treat sexually transmitted diseases for prostitutes.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, prostitutes could be taken home by their families, get married, or have jobs arranged by the government.