1. A Golden Age Jeff Cho Alex Lim So Eun Park Rose Song

2. Golden Age • Lasted more than 300 years • Is known as the era of great achievement in China

3. Sui Dynasty • Was ruled by Wendi • Made achievements such as the grand canal • Lasted only 30 years • Rebellion spread throughout china when attack on korea was unsuccessful

5. Wendi • A man of mixed Turkish and Chinese background • United north China in 581 • By 589, added south of china into empire • Built the Grand Canal

6. Grand Canal • Connected earlier canal systems • Linked two great rivers, the yellow river and the yang zi river • Linked rice growing areas near yang zi to north china

8. Tang Dynasty • Ruled by Tai Zong • Removed Buddhism • Time of great trade • Achievements such as the irrigation system and the water wheel • When first empress was present • Time of great artistic developments

9. The Spread of Different Religions

10. Features of the Tang Dynasty

11. Three Kinds of Taxes

12. Land equalization • System of taxing developed by Tang rulers • In another name, equal field system • Most of the land was owned by government • Male over 18 would get 13acres of land • When he dies, the family needs to return about 11 acres • 2acres could be inherited or sold • Up to 7acres could be given to a widow if she is the head of the family

13. Buddhism • Got criticized for being un-Chinese • Was replaced by Confucianism • Monasteries and temples were closed • Gold statues were melt down to make coins • Remained as common religion for commoners • But lost power in government

14. Empress Wu

15. XuanZong

16. Arts - model for all of East Asia Gardening • Flourished in this era • Influenced by Daoism • Expression of the relationship between the individual & the natural world • Block printing • - Used wood blocks • - Books could be printed • Poetry • The art for which the Tang dynasty is best known for • Over 48,000 poems by more than 2,000 poets

17. Some of Greatest Poets • Li Bo • Described daily life • - Had a sense of humor that is apparent in the new way he had of looking at things • Du fu • Opposite of Li Bo • Included many references to classical Chinese literature • Wrote about the troubles of his time and the unhappiness of people Bo Zhuyi Wang wei

18. Analyze pg. 95 Inside the red gates [of Changan] wine and meat go bad; On the roads are bones of men who died of cold. pg. 96 Ever since the foreign horseman began raising smut and dust, Fur and fleece, rank and rancid, have filled Changan and Luoyang. Women make themselves foreign matrons, by the study of foreign makeup; Entertainers present foreign tunes, in their devotion to foreign music.