In ancient china, workshops, burial grounds, and homes of workers were usually located

 The correct answer is that they were situated in the outer outskirt of cities

The ancient civilization of China that was located along the yellow river, along the eastern side of present day, had a great deal of metropolitan design. the location of the workshops,workers house and burials outside the town is  a great testament to this, an idea that also insured the cities from diseases and ensured lucrative use of town space.