Why We Love the Tang Dynasty

Dec 14 2020 1.3k
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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.

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Ep20 Loose Ends

Dec 14 2020 12 mins  
Highlighting some of the amazing achievements and highlights of the Tang Dynasty, and considering its eventual decline and fall.

Ep19 Tang City Life

Dec 10 2020 12 mins  
The home of the Tang – the great city of Chang’an, and how it helped the Tang become so prosperous.

Ep18 Portraits of Landscapes

Dec 07 2020 12 mins  
Surveying the landscape of the Tang Dynasty, to discover how its artists charted the changes that they saw about them.

Ep17 Painting the Tang

Dec 03 2020 12 mins  
The Tang preference for realism in their paintings.

Ep16 The Calligraphic Stars of the Tang

Nov 30 2020 12 mins  
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

Nov 26 2020 12 mins  
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

Nov 23 2020 12 mins  
How the decline and eventual fall of the Dynasty was reflected in its music.

Ep13 Tang Music in Action

Nov 19 2020 12 mins  
How guiding imperial hands can influence the development of the arts for generations to come.

Ep12 The Tang Musical Extravaganzas

Nov 16 2020 13 mins  
The changing musical tastes of the Tang Dynasty, which at one point would have put Hollywood musicals to shame.

Ep11 Tang Poetry Technique

Nov 12 2020 12 mins  
Understanding the lives of the Tang poets great and small, and learning how life was not always glamorous and successful.