Introduction Two of China’s dynasty that have been called the best or greatest would be the Han and Tang dynasty. Han (206BC-220AD) and Tang (618AD-906AD) lasted a long time and in that time, many great things were created. These two dynasties are often considered very similar with very little differences, from the way they started to the way they ended. In this report, it will show you just how alike and different they are when it comes to culture. Body of Research Han and Tang are very alike when it comes to most of everything, but there is also a lot of stuff different about them. First would be clothing, the men’s style didn’t have a difference with the two but the women’s clothes did. The Han women wore loose clothes with long skirts and long sleeves, they were basically covered from neck to two. Then we have Tang were women had more of an open type of style. They wore small sleeves, but still had their long skirts and they could show off more skin than women from Han. Hairstyles where also different, Women in …show more content…
Han would usually have they hair down with little clips in them, while Tang had theirs in a bun and their head was covered up. Another thing different would be the color of the clothing. The Han had a dark color style, while Tang had more color. The Tang also used their clothing color to represent their status. “The color of the clothing also indicated rank. Purple colored clothes were used by officials above the third grade; light red were meant for officials above the fifth grade; dark green was limited to the sixth grade and above officials; light green was solely for officials above the seventh grade; dark cyan was exclusive for officials above the eighth grade; light cyan garments adorned officials above the ninth grade. The common people and all those who did not reside in the palace were allowed to wear yellow colored clothes.” ( http://totallyhistory.com/tang-dynasty-clothing/) The Han had a different way to show their status with their clothes, they used materials they made the clothes with to show status. So basically, the rich and royal people would have their silk and wool clothes while the poor had animal fur clothes. One major thing they had different is how they encouraged things such as music and art. Tang was all for things like music, art, and dancing. There was also a lot of instruments they had like bells, stone chimes, drums, and flute. The music was very influenced by western culture also and so was their dancing. They also had pottery and it was used a lot too, they developed many things and new ways of making pottery. “potters developed new techniques that included the use of “sancai”, which is a type of decoration that used three colors that mixed together for a unique look.” (TheTangDynasty.org, par 2.) Now with Han they did do things with the art, but I was little the same with music but pottery was big in that time to just a little different from tang.
The Han used pottery for things like statutes to honor important things to them and for their religion. The last differences would be where they got there influences from. The Tang was influenced by western culture a lot like stated earlier their music, art, and dances are western like. Then with Han they got their influences from the Roman empire. Now with the things that are the same about them. Like most the food was pretty the same, main dishes would have rice and wheat and traditional foods passed on. Like most cultures they celebrated the same holidays. The Chinese New Year and Lantern Festival are two of them that the shared. Another thing that was alike was their poems. Both dynasties had had amazing poets and many poems were written during their
time. “For all this, what is the mountain god like? An unending green of lands north and south: From ethereal beauty Creation distills There, yin and yang split dusk and dawn. Swelling clouds sweep by. Returning birds Ruin my eyes vanishing. One day soon, At the summit, the other mountains will be Small enough to hold, all in a single glance.” (http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/gazing-at-the-sacred-peak-2/) The way they are alike is also with their trade. Trade was a very important thing back then it helped settlements need like if they needed food, cloths, and other various things. They had a lot of foreign trade especially along the silk road. This helped both their economies and even spread Buddhism to the culture. “Buddhism played a dominant role in Tang dynasty China, its influence evident in poetry and art of the period. A universalistic religious philosophy that originated in India (the historical Buddha was born in c.a. 563 BCE), Buddhism first entered China in the first century CE with traders following the Silk Route. Buddhist teachings spoke to the concerns of salvation and the release from suffering and flourished during the period of political disunity in China (220-581) after the fall of the Han dynasty.” (http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/main_pop/kpct/kp_tang.htm) Conclusion In conclusion, we learned that even though the Tang and Han dynasty are known for having many things in common, there are still many things that could be different about them. These things many not seem like they are very important but it really is to show things that have been passed on to today and things that were changed in their culture, and how it has affected China now. Before researching we did not know very much of how alike and different the Tan and Han culture was. Some people think the past is just the past, but it is very important what had happened back then and how it has affected us in many ways, this is why we learn about are past so we will never forget it.
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