But as women in border area, their work such as opening up wasteland and defending border was different from that of inland women.

• 她们的生活与汉代内地下层妇女有诸多相似,如一夫一妻制,早婚习俗等;同时作为边塞妇女,她们屯田、卫城防,又从事着与内地妇女不同的劳作。