Now there is a more popular saying on the Internet, called "want to see the Tang Dynasty, want to go to Japan, want to see the Ming Dynasty, want to go to Korea." "Why do you want to see the Tang Dynasty going to Japan?" We all know that the ancient Chinese culture in the Tang and Song Dynasties is an era of great change, Wei Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties Sui and Tang Dynasty architecture compared with the Ming and Qing Dynasties, its shape and style are very different, and some of japan's buildings have been maintaining the Wei Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties Sui and Tang Dynasty style, so we want to see the architecture of the Tang Dynasty period, should go to Japan, of course, the Japanese in the introduction of Tang style at the same time, but also combined with the characteristics of the Geographical Environment of the Japanese Archipelago itself, the Tang Dynasty style of architecture has been some transformation For example, Japan's ancient buildings, the roof is relatively steep, relatively large, the reason is that the Japanese archipelago in winter, rain and snow weather is more, the roof is large and steep is conducive to the timely use of gravity to clean up the snow above, if the snow does not fall down in time, it is likely to cause pressure on the house and cause damage to the house.
Japan Taiko Tokuhi Image
There are a lot of imitation Tang dynasty buildings in Japan that have been preserved to this day, and there is a very important reason, that is, although there are more wars in the Japanese archipelago, but the historical events of the change of dynasties have not occurred, some buildings can be preserved in Japan for a long time, and will not be destroyed by the war, the historical events of the change of dynasties in ancient Chinese history are very many, from the Qin and Han dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties, almost no dynasty can last for three hundred years, many buildings have actually been destroyed in the war at the time of the change of dynasties, in fact, in the Northern Song Dynasty The Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty has been reduced to ruins, and there may have been very few Tang Dynasty buildings that can be seen at that time.
Dunhuang Lei Yin Temple, Tang style architectural style.
Look at the Ming Dynasty, to go to Korea, because Lee Joseon has long been influenced by the Culture of the Ming Dynasty, Hanbok has some styles of Ming-style Hanfu, and today's traditional clothing in Korea is very similar to the Hanfu of the Ming Dynasty, so, look at the Ming Dynasty, go to Korea.
In fact, there is a county-level city in Gansu Province, China, there are many Tang Dynasty places of interest and monuments, the architectural style here still retains the style of the Tang Dynasty, this county-level city is Dunhuang City.
The architecture of Dunhuang Lei Yin Temple
Dunhuang Lei Yin Temple is based on the Tang style of Buddhist temple transformation, maintenance and expansion, and at that time in the reconstruction of Dunhuang Lei Yin Temple, with reference to the architectural layout of the murals in dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang Lei Yin Temple can be said to be a perfect reproduction of the Architectural style of the Tang Dynasty.
Dunhuang Lei Yin Temple
In addition, more importantly, many of the murals and statues in the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes are remnants of the Tang Dynasty, and the artistic style here is completely the artistic style of the Tang Dynasty.
Dunhuang Mogao Caves Tibetan Scripture Cave unearthed more than 50,000 pieces of documents, a large part of these documents are Tang Dynasty documents, we all know that the books after the Song Dynasty, its main form is the engraving, and the books before the Song Dynasty, its main form is the writing, the engraving and the writing of the book in the form of a big difference, most of the writing is the shape of the scroll and the existence, and the bamboo Jane is somewhat similar, the inscription is a page of the book, and our current book is not much different, then, the Tang Dynasty's writing, what is it like? In fact, it is the appearance of the Dunhuang Mogao Caves tibetan scriptures, although after the Dunhuang documents were discovered, most of the documents were looted by the Western powers and lost overseas, but some Dunhuang documents can still be seen in the Dunhuang Museum today.
The documents of the Dunhuang Tibetan Scripture Cave
In summary, when you come to Dunhuang, you can not only see the architecture of the Tang Dynasty, but also see the murals and statues of the Tang Dynasty, and you can also see the books of the Tang Dynasty.