Science and Technology and Poetry And Art of Tang and Song
- Tang Poetry
- follows the Golden Age of Chinese
- Written by over 2,200 authors Important part of social life
- two famous poets
- Du Fu
- Li Bai
- Song Poetry
- Classical Chinese Poetry
- Poets
- Su Shi
- Ouyang Xiu
- Lu You
- Yang Wanli
- many different forms
- Ci - form of poetry based on songs, and rhythms but with different words
- Tang Technology
- invented the astronomical clock
- gunpowder
- gas cylinders
- water-powered fans
- porcelain
- Song Technology
- calculated an accurate measurement of the astronomical meridian
- many medical breakthroughs
- used ephedrine as a pharmaceutical drug
- hydraulic powered astronomical clock tower
- movable type
- flamethrower
- Tang Art
- painted many painting of the landscape, shanshui
- this was painting with mountains and water
- many painting were traded
- their main music was the qin, which was sued also in the Han Dynasty
- also made pots and plates
- Science of Tang
- 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
- Science of Song
- the Song dynasty is considered by many to be China's high point in science
- inventions - gunpowder, compass, and movable type printable. Greatest 3
- the period that the Song made numerous scientific advances was known as the Chinese Renaissance
Tang Dynasty Ag and Trade
- Tang Dynasty Agriculture
- the Tang Dynasty made great advances in agriculture, such as digging underground wells for better irrigation, made a very light weight pump sued 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
- Crops
- The Tang Dynasty grew a lot of different things like corn, race, beans, and wheat
- Trade
- During the Tang Dynasty the use of the silk roads has declined dramatically
- Silk Roads
- the silk roads were ambushed a lot by the Mongols
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