Modern Chinese Chic: The Chinese Memory-Part 3

The Chinese Memory Exhibition at the Capital Museum, China
July 29 – October 7, 2008 Beijing, China http://www.capitalmuseum.org.cn/exhibitionpage/zgjy.htm
Translated and edited by Staff of Orilily LLC

Part 3 – Times of Prosperity and Flourish (BC200-AD900)

The integration of the regional civilizations by the Qin Dynasty led to the prosperity of the following Han Dynasty (BC206-AD220), the people of Han, the language of Han, and the characters of Han were therefore named. This was the period when the Roman Empire was shinning in the West.

Within the next several hundred years, the Han culture gradually spread out further to the south, the style and beauty of blue China had become the subject of people’s emotional expression. At the same time, some northern tribes began moving to its south and Buddhist began to move to its east, along with Greek and Persian culture elements, their assimilation into the original Han culture added special charm of commonality with diversity.

By the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the enlightened political environment and the open society led to the flourish and absorption of diversified ethnic groups, cultures, and religions. The Silk Road invited not only the merchants, but also culture and arts from all corners of the world. There was the unprecedented communication and assimilation between south and north and east and west, leading the Tang Dynasty to the top of the civilization in the world at the time.