The Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous period in the history of China, with the peak of foreign trade and cultural exchange and the peak of openness. The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was mainly determined by the inclusiveness and openness of Tang culture, and people's ideological emancipation reached the highest level in feudal society. So how open was the Tang Dynasty?
At that time, people from all over the world rushed to Chang 'an for sightseeing. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, people from Guo Kang (an ancient country in Central Asia, located between the Syr Darya River and the Amu Darya River) presented gold, silver and peaches and planted them in the royal garden. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Hu Xuanwu and even the dancers who danced Hu Xuanwu were sent to the Tang Dynasty.
First, political openness.
In fact, the opening up of the Tang Dynasty was not only ideological, but also very open in internal politics and diplomacy. The emperor can not only listen to the opinions of ministers, absorb new knowledge and new species from abroad, but also never exclude people from any country. On the contrary, he treated them with courtesy.
During the reign of Emperor Taizong, other countries would pay tribute to their own gold, silver and jewels. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, western countries also sent beautiful women to perform their own national dances in front of the emperor, and even some countries paid tribute to some precious BMW cars, but Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty did not let them kowtow and kneel, which was really different from Kangxi Qianlong's reception of foreign envoys.
Other countries in Central Asia, even ancient-eating countries (Arab Empire) also sent horses and other gifts. According to their custom, the Tang emperor was very happy that these messengers did not worship or kneel. Different from the Qing Dynasty, in 1793, the British Madzar delegation came to China and argued for a month to bow down.
Some foreigners think the Tang Dynasty is very good and are unwilling to return to China. They regard China as their second hometown, thrive on the land of China, and will join the army. At that time, there was a Korean named Park Kyu who switched to the Tang Dynasty to learn chess. People and officials in the Tang Dynasty will teach him patiently. Even after he returned to China, officials in the Tang Dynasty said that his chess skills must be invincible in the world and can be passed on.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a dance of the conference semifinals called sword dance. A woman wore a half-naked and half-exposed sword, and the light of the sword blocked her body. Elegant dance, light posture. The famous representative was Gong Sundaniang, the concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, who was later excluded from the palace by Yang Guifei. There are Xie Aman and Xie Aman, who love Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and starred in the famous Lingbo dance. Yang Guifei is just one of the dancers.
Gong Sundaniang is not an old lady, but a stage name. She looks beautiful and has a good figure. She was famous for her fencing in the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Xu and Yan Zhenqing saw Gong Sundaniang's swordsmanship, went home and wrote cursive script wildly, becoming cursive script masters, and became insane. Even Li Yong, a calligrapher who has always been rigorous in his studies, has seen sword dance, especially Li's sword dance poems. Du Fu, in particular, watched fencing at the age of six and went home to write poems. On his deathbed, Du Fu was fascinated by Gong Sundaniang's swordsmanship. Du Fu lived in Kuimen, and met Gong Sundaniang's apprentice in his later years. He specially entertained the female apprentice and wrote poems. Du Fu wrote as many as five poems about Gong Sundaniang's swordsmanship, which gave Du Fu dreamy life dreams and inspiration.