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China's Golden Age

From the establishment of the Sui dynasty in 589 until the fall of the Song in 1271, the Chinese underwent a period of considerable intellectual and cultural expansion. In fact, the term ' Golden Age' has been applied to the periods of both the Tang and Song dynasties as particularly indicative of the cultural output of this time. China was stable, unified, and wealthy. The Tang capital of Chang'an was the grandest city in the world, and the later Song capital of Kaifang was equally impressive on the banks of the newly-built Grand Canal, linking southern rice farmers with northern rice eaters.

It wasn't only in politics that China excelled during this period, nor was rice the only foodstuff making its mark on all of China. Merchants traded throughout the Middle Kingdom using a relatively new innovation of the Song, paper money, which had many advantages over coins. Also new was one of their most important commodities, tea. The beverage had been first introduced from Southeast Asia, but was now one of the most important crops in China. Needless to say, those merchants needed something to spend their paper money on, and luckily for them, the arts provided the opportunity for rich merchants to serve as patrons to some of the greatest creative minds China had to offer.

Art

Chinese art reached a zenith during this Golden Age, and this is perhaps best seen in the introduction of one of the most stereotypical of Chinese art forms, porcelain, a very fine form of pottery. Porcelain's composition was perfected during this period, and soon became one of the most common exports from China, all of it glazed with impressively detailed precision. Speaking of glazing, one of the most common finds from the Golden Age of Chinese art are glazed ceramic objects. While produced en masse, these objects still showed the incredible workmanship of even mediocre ceramicists.

However, the most impressive art to come from this period are the numerous paintings, many of which still fetch a handsome price. Chinese painters embraced the power of the landscape as a motif in their works and often minimized the role of individuals. Indeed, in those works, where both people and landscapes are present, humans are shown as small, often hard to see, and even their greatest structures are shown to be placed in harmony with nature, rather than trying to force nature to be in harmony with humanity. The techniques used to paint these scenes, most notably watercolors, also lends itself to the harmony with nature, as lines blur between elements of the work to help create a cohesive whole.

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From the establishment of the Sui dynasty in 589 until the fall of the Song in 1271, the Chinese underwent a period of considerable intellectual and cultural expansion. In fact, the term ' Golden Age' has been applied to the periods of both the Tang and Song dynasties as particularly indicative of the cultural output of this time.

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The Dujiangyan  is an ancient irrigation system in Dujiangyan City, Sichuan, China. Originally constructed around 256 BC by the State of Qin as an irrigation and flood control project, it is still in use today.

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it depend on your agriculture. They had to pay land tax as well. the taxes made the governor more powerful.

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Poetry was written at the time in the Tang Dynasty, it was June 18, 618 - June 4, 907. Du, Fu, and Li Bia made poetry in the Tang Dynasty. Landscaping paintings were in the Song Dynasties, 907 - 960.

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tea became discovered by a servant boiling drinking water and giving it to the ruler. this became a national drink during the tang dynasty. It also became a big part of china culture. they used it for not only drinking but medical issues.

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Confucianism is an ancient Chinese belief system, which focuses on the importance of personal ethics and morality. Whether it is only or a philosophy or also a religion is debated. Mencius (or Meng Ke who lived from 372 to 289 B.C.E.)

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they would walk or bike. people who had more money could use an animal cart which was a animal pulling a cart that they could sit in. Later their became trains which they now use today along with cars.

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they used gunpowder as a weapon and had much more advanteges because of iut. it was very helpful kin warfare. chinese alchemists accidentally discovered salt peter which is an ingredient of gunpowder.

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For entertainment in the tang dynasties they did dance and acrobatics, they also kicked stone rocks around the ground to play soccer.

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When america needed medicine the chinese came over and presented their medicine to us. Chinese medicine can heal small problems or very big problems. They believe that a massage is a very good medicine along with movement. Chinese medicine has been around for 3,000+ years. to make the medicine they boiled herbs and Just like today it took a while for their sickness to be cured.

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This will teach you about the playing cards and how they became!

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they played a lot of card games that were like rummy. to make the cards they would have to carve and paint items on a stick, rock and sometimes even bones I know gross right! They would also play a game called the leaf game. the first time they put numbers was 1904. they would sometime carve in to clay too!

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The next major dynasty was the Sui Dynasty. It started in 581 CE to 618 CE. Sui Yangdi was a harsh ruler. He forced people work extra hard.

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Taoism, is a philosophical and spiritual tradition of Chinese origin which emphasizes living in harmony with the Tao In Taoism, the Tao is the source, pattern and substance of everything that exists.

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In the Song Dynasty, music and art were very popular. The golden age had a bunch of peaceful landscapes. It started from 970 to 1279.

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From 589 to 1271 The Golden Age of China was an innovation of technology, government and art.

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 the religion is Buddhism Buddhism is one of the world's  4th largest religions they created 2,500 years ago Meditation,spiritual and labor are sings of nirvana