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Chinese Art, Poetry & Technological Advancements: Legacy of Tang Writers and Historical Influences

Explore China's rich cultural heritage through the poetry of renowned Tang writers like Li Bai, Du Fu, and Wang Wei. Learn how China's values towards education led to advancements like paper manufacturing, wood-block printing, and movable type. Discover the historical impact of Chinese inventions such as gunpowder, the magnetic compass, and porcelain exportation. Unravel the significance of the Great Wall of China and its role in border security and trade regulation. Delve into the historical influences of tea, printing, paper, gunpowder, and the compass, and the impact of new rice varieties on food supply.

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Chinese Art, Poetry & Technological Advancements: Legacy of Tang Writers and Historical Influences

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  1. China’s Art & Poetry • Tang Writers – Li Bai, Du Fu & Wang Wei is seen as China’s great poets • LiaBai wrote about life’s pleasures • Du Fu praised orderliness and Confucian values • Wang Wei wrote on the beauty of nature and briefness of life • Song Dynasty produced more landscape paintings

  2. Technological Progress • Because of China’s values towards education, they developed: • Manufacturing of paper in large quantities • Wood-block Printing • Movable Type • Made the first paper books • Record knowledge in a permanent form

  3. Historical Influence • China’s technology would spread around the world • Paper-making spread to the Arab world • Chinese invented gunpowder for fireworks • Chinese invented the magnetic compass • Chinese exported porcelain (aka- China) • Chinese used tea for medicine, later would be sent to Europe

  4. Great Wall of China • wall built between 220–206 BC • First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang • Used as a border patrol • Regulated trade • Regulated immigration • Wall has a variety of branches (over 13,000 miles)

  5. Essay Question • What were the historic influences of tea, printing, paper, gunpowder, and the compass? • How did the new type of rice increase food supply?

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