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Chinese culture flourished and further matured during the Tang era. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point in Chinese civilisation, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture.
Knowledge Base on China Tang Dynasty
Chinese culture flourished and further matured during the Tang era. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point in Chinese civilisation, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture.
Taoism or Daoism is a philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao 道. With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of …
The Leshan Giant Buddha is a 71-meter (233 ft) tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803 (during the Tang dynasty). It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandsto…
The Yellow Sea (simplified Chinese: 黄海; pinyin: Huáng Hǎi), also known as the North Sea, is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Kor…
The Huai River, formerly romanized as the Hwai, is a major river in East China, about 1,110 km (690 mi) long with a drainage area of 174,000 km2 (67,000 sq mi). It is located about …
The Western Turkic Khaganate (Chinese: 西突厥; pinyin: Xī Tūjué) or Onoq Khaganate, was a Turkic khaganate in Eurasia, which formed as a result of the wars during the beginning of…
Yuejueshu 越絕書 "End of the kingdom of Yue" is a history of the regional state of Yue 越 during the Eastern Zhou period 東周 (770-221 BCE). The 19-juan long book was comp…
Sancai (Chinese: 三彩; pinyin: sāncǎi) is a versatile type of decoration on Chinese pottery and other painted pieces using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of br…
The Yangtze River, Yangzi River or Chang Jiang (simplified Chinese: 长江; pinyin: Cháng Jiāng) is the longest river in China and the third-longest river in the world. It rises at J…
The Xianbei (simplified Chinese: 鲜卑; pinyin: Xiānbēi) were an ancient nomadic people in northern East Asia who developed a distinct cultural and political identity by the first …
Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of print…
The pipa (Chinese: 琵琶; pinyin: pípá) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", t…
The Silk Road derives its name from the highly lucrative trade of silk textiles that were primarily produced in China. The network began with the expansion of the Han dynasty (202 B…
Chang'an, located in China's Shaanxi Province, was the capital city of several Chinese dynasties, including the Western Han and the Tang, from 202 BC to AD 907. At various times, it…
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