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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 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 • Became a custom in the Buddhist circle • Tribute Teas
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
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
Civil Service Exams sections • Music • Archery • Horsemanship • Arithmetic • Writing • Rituals and Ceremonies http://www.rightreading.com/printing/gutenberg.asia/images/exam.jpg
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
Song Dynasty 960-1279 AD
Magnetic Compass • Structure and technical standard • Yan Su and Wu Deren http://kaleidoscope.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/images/exbig_images/fc4efce51a46b65eab57a0448094b530.jpg
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
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
Guns and Cannons • Recipe for saltpeter • Wu Ching Yao • 11th century bombs • Rocket arrows http://history.cultural-china.com/en/183History8425.html
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
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
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