Foreigners often shout Chinese "Tang People" because the Tang Dynasty had a wide and far-reaching influence, and many countries had Chinatowns. In the eyes of foreigners, Chinese is omnipotent, because many of the things Chinese do surprise foreigners.
Some institutional innovations and some political actions during the Tang Dynasty had a great impact on later generations, for example, the imperial examination system brought great changes to future generations, so that "there is no poor in the upper product, and no rich in the lower product", which has become a legend.
Introduction to the Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty was founded from 618 AD to 907 AD, is a great unified dynasty, the Tang Dynasty was established after the Sui Dynasty, in the history of the Tang Dynasty there are a total of twenty-one emperors, the Tang Dynasty life span of 289 years.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, the masses were everywhere, the world was in chaos, the world was in chaos, Li Yuan, who was later known as the Duke of Tang, raised troops in the Jinyang area, established the Tang Dynasty in the second year and called himself emperor, his son Li Shimin listened to some good suggestions from the ministers, making the Tang Dynasty the most powerful country in the world, making the Tang Dynasty the strongest in the world, not only that, Tang Xuanzong's period was to make the Tang Dynasty, Guotai Min'an.
However, the world will be divided for a long time, and the unity will be divided for a long time, and at the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was an Anshi rebellion, and the Anshi rebellion was the main reason for the demise of the Tang Dynasty, during the Anshi Rebellion, the Economy and military of the Tang Dynasty retreated because of the war relationship, which also led to the demise of the Tang Dynasty. After the Anshi Rebellion, a large number of local warlords appeared, and these local warlords were called Jiedushi, who were almost no longer ruled by the emperors of the Tang Dynasty.
Their rights seem to have been equal to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, for them to say that the emperor is just a puppet, the last straw that crushed the Tang Dynasty is that the central government of the Tang Dynasty actually let a eunuch become the great general of the Tang Dynasty, and many of the festivals in the world are not convinced, they feel that their ability is greater than this bastard, why can he be this great general, and he can't, in order to prove his strength, these festivals have rebelled, and then the chaotic world of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms has opened, after nearly a hundred years, Finally it calmed down.
Why the Tang Dynasty opened up
The Tang Dynasty was particularly open in politics, economy, and culture. In terms of economy, the Tang Dynasty and the countries in the western regions and some foreign countries have economic and trade exchanges, as can be seen from the Silk Road, the Silk Road to the Tang Dynasty and other countries brought very large profits, and Tang Dynasty porcelain, as well as tea have been transmitted to foreign countries, not only that, Tang Dynasty cloth is regarded as a palm treasure by some countries, at that time this person has no money do not know, but if this person wears, Tang Dynasty woven cloth, what clothes, then this person must have money.
In terms of politics, many foreigners served as officials within the Tang Dynasty, many princes of the countries in the Western Regions became generals in the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty gave them not some small posts that only took money, but some big posts that led soldiers to fight and tied their heads to the waistband of their pants, and these princes did not treat them with dignity, but made great military achievements for the Tang Dynasty, and some people were willing to accompany the Tang Emperors when some Tang Emperors died. In terms of culture, many things in the West were introduced into the Tang Dynasty, such as some clothes or something, and Tang Dynasty women also wore these clothes, once at Wu Zetian's birthday party, one of her daughters was very revealingly dressed, and Wu Zetian did not say anything, think about it, even the palace is dressed like this, the people needless to say, but in the exchange of literature, The Buddhist exchange between China and India and Japan is the most classic.
Evaluation of the Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty occupies a great position in the history of China, if the Great Sui Dynasty, he led the task of unifying the nation, then the Tang Dynasty is the completer of this task, the Tang Dynasty existed for nearly 300 years, the Tang Dynasty and foreign cultures of continuous exchanges and development, so that the Tang Dynasty in the world's position is very important, but also let their own domestic forces have been peacefully unified.
Let the nations within the country not discriminate against each other, promote the mutual integration between the nations, let China grow, from the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty is the only dynasty that can do this, for China, this is a very important historical stage.