What about the Tang Dynasty, which is worthy of making the Chinese proud? The first thing that comes to my mind is openness.
During the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an City was often filled with foreigners with blue eyes and hooked noses. What about them? I'm either here to study or to work.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was the Honglu Temple, which was a place dedicated to receiving guests from all over the world. Chang'an, Luoyang, Yangzhou, Guangzhou, Lanzhou and Liangzhou, Dunhuang are important cities in the Tang Dynasty, and Chang'an is particularly famous.
You can buy novelty goods from almost any country in the world on the streets of Chang'an, Guozijian also received a lot of foreign students, and the Hu people who stayed in Chang'an, as many as four or five thousand, it is really a prosperous scene for all countries to come to the dynasty.
What about the Tang Dynasty? It also set a new record for the population and territory at that time.
Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty alone, with a population of about two million in its heyday, was a proper international metropolis, but what about during the Kaiyuan Dynasty? The population of the Tang Dynasty peaked at about 70 million. What about the territory of the Tang Dynasty in its heyday? It stretches from the Sea of Japan in the east, Annam in the south, the Aral Sea in the west, and Lake Baikal in the north, with a territory of 13 million square kilometers.
The Tibetan, Turkic, Hui, Tiele, and Khitan and other foreign races surrendered one after another, and directly respected the Tang Dynasty emperor as the Heavenly Khan.
In its heyday, the Tang Dynasty treasury was also very rich.
Recalling the heyday of the Kaiyuan Dynasty in the past, Xiaoyi still hid ten thousand families, the rice was fat and the corn was white, and the public and private warehouses were abundant", Du Fu's poem is a good interpretation of the scene of sufficient food in the prosperous period of the Kaiyuan Dynasty. The people do not worry about food and clothing, live and work in peace and contentment, do not leave the road behind, and do not close their doors at night, so they naturally have the heart to ponder other handicraft technologies. Therefore, it also led to the progress of science and technology and craftsmanship in the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty's navigation technology, agricultural technology, textile technology, gunpowder manufacturing, etc. are world-renowned, and other countries are vying to learn, as well as tea-making, ceramics, textiles, sculpture and other handicrafts developed rapidly, which further promoted the economic prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
Abundant material conditions will inevitably bring about a splendid spiritual world.
The poet immortal Li Bai, the poet saint Du Fu, and the poet king Bai Juyi can only shape the talents of the times with profound cultural heritage. There are also Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, Lu Zhaolin, Luo Bin Wang and other early Tang Dynasty masters, and then Li He, Han Yu, Liu Yuxi and other literary masters.
What about the art side? There is a famous "Hairpin Lady" in the world, what about calligraphy? There are famous calligraphers such as Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Zhang Xu.
The sculptures of the Tang Dynasty also made great achievements. The Longmen Grottoes and the Dazu Rock Carvings are both examples of Tang Dynasty sculpture.
Now that we are looking back, the Tang Dynasty was an era of talents, and it was also an era of all-round development and a hundred flowers. Although the later Anshi Rebellion cut his national strength in half, it is difficult to reproduce the glory, but it is like a sun that shines brightly in history. Its culture and spirit are inherited from generation to generation, influencing us and the world, and we are forever proud.