Why We Love the Tang Dynasty

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Why We Love the Tang Dynasty Podcast

Exploring the history and charm of the Tang Dynasty, and attempting to discover how, at its height, it became possibly the most prosperous, inter-connected and innovative country in the world, with a rich and influential legacy that survives even to this day.

  1. 14/12/2020

    Ep20 Loose Ends

    Highlighting some of the amazing achievements and highlights of the Tang Dynasty, and considering its eventual decline and fall.

    13 min

  2. 10/12/2020

    Ep19 Tang City Life

    The home of the Tang – the great city of Chang’an, and how it helped the Tang become so prosperous.

    13 min

  3. 07/12/2020

    Ep18 Portraits of Landscapes

    Surveying the landscape of the Tang Dynasty, to discover how its artists charted the changes that they saw about them.

    12 min

  4. 03/12/2020

    Ep17 Painting the Tang

    The Tang preference for realism in their paintings.

    13 min

  5. 30/11/2020

    Ep16 The Calligraphic Stars of the Tang

    A look at the amazing calligraphy of the Tang which is seen as a highlight of this fabulous dynasty.

    13 min

  6. 26/11/2020

    Ep15 The Rise and Rise of Buddhism in Tang China

    The role of Buddhism on the development of China during the Tang Dynasty, and the key figures who raised this religion to new heights.

    12 min

  7. 23/11/2020

    Ep14 Tang Music Turns Inwards

    How the decline and eventual fall of the Dynasty was reflected in its music.

    13 min

  8. 19/11/2020

    Ep13 Tang Music in Action

    How guiding imperial hands can influence the development of the arts for generations to come.

    13 min
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Exploring the history and charm of the Tang Dynasty, and attempting to discover how, at its height, it became possibly the most prosperous, inter-connected and innovative country in the world, with a rich and influential legacy that survives even to this day.

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