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The Tang Dynasty: a Pyrotechnic History of Life in the Tang Dynasty

Shi Yongtao

135K0

This book attempts to abandon the current way of writing about food, clothing, housing and transportation in categories. It attempts to salvage the fragments of daily life scattered in the vast history from basic historical materials, Tang Dynasty notes, Tang legends, Dunhuang posthumous documents and cultural relics. It uses the cultivation of scholars and supplemented by popular writing methods to unfold the restoration of life in the Tang Dynasty through topics such as foreign civilization, clothing, nobles and civilians, food, cities, marriage, imperial examinations, art and other topics. This attempt not only makes the text highly readable, but also allows readers to understand the society of the Tang Dynasty in a parallel era through comparative writing throughout the book, allowing today's people to complete a fascinating investigation of the entire society and life of the Tang people.

Fireworks of the Tang Dynasty

Shi Yongtao

158K0

A history of life in the Tang Dynasty full of fireworks. From basic historical materials, Tang people's notes, Tang legends, Dunhuang posthumous documents and cultural relics, the author tries to salvage the missing fragments from the vast historical materials, such as clothes, night banquets, cities, barbarians, manors, women, teenagers, and temples, to restore the living conditions and lifestyle of the Tang people 1,400 years ago. The writing of this book is elegant and calm. Through the horizontal and vertical comparison of ancient and modern times, today's readers can be immersed in the situation. You can "travel along the Silk Road to Samarkand in the Tang Dynasty", or "listen to the resentful Anyifang girl singing 'A Night of Rain in Baling, Heartbroken Mulan Song' when passing through Chang'an East City", "or become a garrison soldier in Du Fu's Five Cities." Nine down-to-earth themes, coupled with imaginative detailed descriptions, and nearly a hundred exquisite ancient paintings and pictures of cultural relics, enter the homes of ordinary people and connect the daily lives of people in the prosperous period of the Tang Dynasty.