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Contributions of the Song and Tang Dynasties

Contributions of the Song and Tang Dynasties. Patrick Lenahan. Tang Dynasty. 618-906 AD. Tea. Drinking customs spread quickly in the north Spreading basis of development in the south Buddhism promoted from the south to north “What Feng heard and saw” Chan studiers way of life

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Contributions of the Song and Tang Dynasties

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  1. Contributions of the Song and Tang Dynasties Patrick Lenahan

  2. Tang Dynasty 618-906 AD

  3. Tea • Drinking customs spread quickly in the north • Spreading basis of development in the south • Buddhism promoted from the south to north • “What Feng heard and saw” • Chan studiers way of life • Became a custom in the Buddhist circle • Tribute Teas

  4. Gunpowder • Daoists practiced alchemy • Accidents trying to find an elixir • Powdered mixture of charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter • Explosions • Scientists continued to hurt themselves • Fixed proportion is highly flammable • Fire medicine http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/chinahist/images/flamethrow.jpg

  5. Civil Service Exams • Picked through individuals abilities • Local, provincial, and national levels • 2% passing rate • Intense preparation • Could take as many times as needed http://www.daftblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Chinese-Civil-Service-Exam.jpg

  6. Civil Service Exams sections • Music • Archery • Horsemanship • Arithmetic • Writing • Rituals and Ceremonies http://www.rightreading.com/printing/gutenberg.asia/images/exam.jpg

  7. Government • United the old Classical Era from Han • Li Yuan • Neutralizing nomadic peoples • Completed repairs to the Great Wall • Strong connection between Turk empires • Korean Peninsula • Elaborate bureaucracy http://www.art-virtue.com/history/tang/map-tang.jpg

  8. Song Dynasty 960-1279 AD

  9. Magnetic Compass • Structure and technical standard • Yan Su and Wu Deren http://kaleidoscope.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/images/exbig_images/fc4efce51a46b65eab57a0448094b530.jpg

  10. Rocket and Multi-stage Rockets • ‘fire-dragon issuing from the water’ • Naval engagements • Functions • Flat trajectory • Exocet surface-skimming naval rockets http://media.photobucket.com/image/song%20dynasty%20multi%20stage%20rockets/yhjow/missile2a.jpg

  11. Printing (movable type) • Bi Sheng • Movable Type pieces • Printing • Availability http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Pen_ts%27ao,_woodblock_book_1249-ce.png/250px-Pen_ts%27ao,_woodblock_book_1249-ce.png

  12. Guns and Cannons • Recipe for saltpeter • Wu Ching Yao • 11th century bombs • Rocket arrows http://history.cultural-china.com/en/183History8425.html

  13. Landscape Painting • Turmoil of the late Tang Dynasty • Recluse-painters • Visionary Landscapes • Emblems of a perfectly ordered state http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/painting/tptgssla.htm

  14. Porcelain • Chinese invention • Classic period of Chinese porcelain • Kilns sending their wares to Court • Porcelain Schools • Types of Pottery http://news.cultural-china.com/20090716143738.html

  15. Works Cited • http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/chinahist/dynasties.html • Wood, Ethel. AP World History: An Essential Coursebook. Reading, PA: WoodYard Publications, 2008. Print. • Spodek, Howard. The World's History: Combined Volume. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001. Print. • http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/ls201/confucian3.html • http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/chinahist/tang.html • http://library.thinkquest.org/27895/tqgunpowder.html • http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/3Teachings.html • http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_madeinchina/2005-06/28/content_70175.htm • http://library.thinkquest.org/23062/frameset.html • http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/pabacker/history/china.htm • http://www.west-meet-east.com/artcpo.htm • http://www.easterntea.com/tea/tang.htm • http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_madeinchina/2005-07/21/content_70828.htm • http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_madeinchina/2005-05/25/content_69098.htm • http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nsong/hd_nsong.htm • http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/English/chinatours/chinesearts.htm#4

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