Tang and Song Dynasty • Science and Poetry and Art of Tang and Song o Tang Poetry Follows the Golden age of Chinese Written by over 2,200 authors Important part of social life • Du Fu • Li Bai o Song Poetry Classical Chinese Poetry Poets • Su Shi • Lu You • Yang Wanli Many different forms Ci- Form of poetry based on songs, and rhythms but with different words o Tang Technology Invented the astronomical clock Gunpowder Gas Cylinders Water-powered fans Porcelain o Song Technology Calculated o Tang Art Pained many paintings of landscape, shanshui This was paintings with mountains and water Many paintings were traded Their main music was the qin, which was used also in the Han Dynasty Also made pots and plates o Tang Science The Tang Dynasty contributed a lot to the development of astronomy, medicine and printing technique in Chinese history Monk Yixing, was the first to successfully measure the length of the meridian line o Song Science The Song Dynasty is considered by many to be China’s high point in science Inventions • Gunpowder • Compass • Movable- type 3 printing • Greatest 3 The period that the Song made numerous scientific advance was known as the Chinese Renaissance • Tang Dynasty Ag and Trade o Tang Dynasty Ag The Tang Dynasty made great advances in Agriculture • digging underground well for better irrigation • made very light weight pumps used to take water to farm land far from water sources Rice, a Chinese crop, ripened quickly, so China was able to hold such a large population with these small inventions o Crops The Tang Dynasty grew a lot of different things like corn, rice, beans, and wheat o Tang Trade During the Tang Dynasty the use of the silk roads has declined dramatically o Silk Roads Silk roads were ambushed a lot by the Mongols
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