The Tang Dynasty is one of the most famous dynasties in ancient China, which has left a deep imprint on the genes of the Chinese nation, and until now, most overseas Chinese have been called "Tang people". When people mention the Tang Dynasty, they always like to use "Datang", "Shengtang" and "Jutang" to describe it. At the peak of the Tang Dynasty, it was the most powerful country in the world at that time, Chang'an became the most famous international metropolis, and the world praised the Tang Dynasty as "the prosperous tang dynasty, the coming of all nations". Datang has a lot of temperament, and one of the most important ones is that it is open and inclusive.
Some people say that the Tang Dynasty was the most open dynasty in ancient China, which is true, the Tang Dynasty was indeed open, and this kind of opening up is not simply the opening of people's living habits, but the opening up of all aspects and fields, from politics to culture to economy.
Women who lived in the Tang Dynasty were much luckier than other dynasties. Although the Tang Dynasty still existed the system and ideology of male superiority over female inferiority, the social constraints on women were much smaller, and women had greater freedom. This can be seen from the daily dress and living habits of women in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty's "chest dress" can be described as unique, since the Tang Dynasty, no feudal dynasty has dared to let ordinary women wear this in public. Moreover, most of the things that men in the Tang Dynasty could do were done by women, and even the emperor, Wu Zetian, who was a woman, sat on it.
Not only women, but also the people of the Tang Dynasty were very open. During the Prosperous Tang Dynasty, the social atmosphere was relaxed, and the people had great freedom of speech, and they could even gather in teahouses like the Spring and Autumn Warring States to discuss state affairs and pinpoint current politics. The Tang Dynasty had many poems satirizing current politics, and the rulers would not be angry after seeing them, and the imperial court allowed the literati to talk about state affairs.
In addition, the Tang Dynasty's ethnic policy was also very open. The Tang Dynasty was an era of great national integration, and even emperor Li Shimin had the blood of the Hu people flowing through his body. After Li Shimin came to power, he made it clear to the world: "Since ancient times, all of them have been noble in China, and they have been humble and loved as one, so their seeds and fallen are like their parents." The Tang Dynasty did not have a discriminatory policy against ethnic minorities, and treated all ethnic groups as equal, whether Hu or Han, and enjoyed the same rights.
Of course, as mentioned above, the Tang Dynasty's openness was not limited to internal, its foreign policy was also very open. The Tang Dynasty was economically developed, and its culture, politics, and science and technology were all ahead of the world, but the Tang Dynasty did not close the country and look at everything, but actively exchanged with foreign countries. Korea, Japan and other vassal countries have sent students to study in Chang'an, Luoyang and other places of the Tang Dynasty, and there are more than 300 countries that have paid tribute to the Tang Empire, and more than 70 vassal countries.
As a feudal dynasty in ancient China, the Tang Dynasty naturally avoided the inherent drawbacks of the autocratic dynasty, even under the rule of Tang Xuanzong's Zhenguan, the phenomenon of official corruption and the people's poverty was still very serious, but this did not mean that the Tang Dynasty was backward. In the Tang capital, you can see Han and Hu people talking and laughing, Tang and foreigners talking about wine, people with foreigner faces wearing Tang Dynasty official clothes, and sexy women walking leisurely on the street. And such a scene was unique at that time. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was ahead of the world, and in terms of China's dynasties, the Tang Dynasty could also afford the evaluation of "the most open dynasty".