And only after Emperor Taizong defeated the Eastern and Western Turks could the Tang Dynasty relax, allowing Chang'an and Yangzhou to become cosmopolitan cities where commerce, poetry, painting ...

Emperors Taizu and Taizong, with Prime Minister Zhao Pu and other ministers ... Cuju also evolved as a form of art. During the Tang dynasty (618–907), it became a refined spectacle with elaborate ...

Inviting 18 people to attend the tea party followed the example set by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who selected 18 literati from all over the nation to live and work in the Hall of ...

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty sent an envoy to the Western Region to learn how to make sugar. After the envoy returned home, he used sugar cane from Yangzhou to make sugar. Its color and ...

Take Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty as an example. He created the foundation for a Chinese civilisation that allowed the Tang Dynasty to endure for three centuries, until 907 CE. It was ...

The latest outerwear design reportedly draws inspiration from traditional satin garments of the Tang Dynasty, with the Tang jacket often symbolising unity and prosperity. It comes in elegant ...

The storied imperial painting The Blue Goats, which was commissioned by the Qing dynasty emperor Qianlong in the late 1750s, will lead the house’s upcoming Asian Art Week in Hong Kong in a ...

Farmers prayed to the "Divine Farmer" for bountiful harvests, and emperors performed elaborate plowing rituals to ensure cosmic harmony. A Tang dynasty proverb warned: "No rice in the bowl ...

As a famous poem from the subsequent Tang dynasty put it ... free from scarcity. The Han dynasty’s iron plough didn’t just till soil; it doubled crop yields, enriching landlords and swelling tax ...