Why We Love the Tang Dynasty podcast

Why We Love the Tang Dynasty

China Plus

Exploring the history and charm of the Tang Dynasty, and attempting to discover how, at its height, it became possibly the most prosperous, inter-connected and innovative country in the world, with a rich and influential legacy that survives even to this day.

21 Episodes

Ep20 Loose Ends
12/14/2020
12:40
Highlighting some of the amazing achievements and highlights of the Tang Dynasty, and considering its eventual decline and fall.
Ep19 Tang City Life
12/10/2020
12:32
The home of the Tang – the great city of Chang’an, and how it helped the Tang become so prosperous.
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Ep18 Portraits of Landscapes
12/7/2020
12:20
Surveying the landscape of the Tang Dynasty, to discover how its artists charted the changes that they saw about them.
Ep17 Painting the Tang
12/3/2020
12:37
The Tang preference for realism in their paintings.
Ep16 The Calligraphic Stars of the Tang
11/30/2020
12:36
A look at the amazing calligraphy of the Tang which is seen as a highlight of this fabulous dynasty.
Ep15 The Rise and Rise of Buddhism in Tang China
11/26/2020
12:26
The role of Buddhism on the development of China during the Tang Dynasty, and the key figures who raised this religion to new heights.
Ep14 Tang Music Turns Inwards
11/23/2020
12:47
How the decline and eventual fall of the Dynasty was reflected in its music.
Ep13 Tang Music in Action
11/19/2020
12:32
How guiding imperial hands can influence the development of the arts for generations to come.
Ep12 The Tang Musical Extravaganzas
11/16/2020
13:04
The changing musical tastes of the Tang Dynasty, which at one point would have put Hollywood musicals to shame.
Ep11 Tang Poetry Technique
11/12/2020
12:30
Understanding the lives of the Tang poets great and small, and learning how life was not always glamorous and successful.

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