When I was invited to talk about the civil service exams and Tang Dynasty poetry to a class of seventh graders, I consulted my go-to text, An Anthology of Chinese Literature, Beginnings to 1911, ...
Case: 17 x 15.5 x 2 in. (43.2 x 39.4 x 5.1 cm.) Book: 17 x 13 in. (43.2 x 33 cm.) Michael Kenna's platinum prints capturing Huangshan, a mountain range in Eastern China, are presented alongside forty ...
The school has expanded this artistic initiative to Japan, to the Shizuoka Convention and Arts Center, at an exhibition where works of Chinese and Japaneses artists jointly trace the "routes" of Tang ...
17 x 13 in. (43.2 x 33 cm.) This work is a part of the "Huangshan: Poems from the T’ang Dynasty" portfolio that includes a limited edition printed book with 12 platinum photographs. The complete ...
Tea was popular in the Tang Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties prominent officials and eminent people used tea drinking as an occasion to foster friendships and discuss poetry.
The passage is said to be a Chinese poem that Japan's Emperor Tenmu’s grandson Prince Nagaya (684?-729) sent to the Tang Dynasty’s high monk Ganjin (Jianzhen) (688-763) about 1,300 years ago.
This poem called ‘Spring Scene’ describes what ... goes into each word and line and provides literal translations. Tang Dynasty unites China for nearly three centuries, in what is seen as ...
“Flying Flowers and Scattered Snow” (飞花散雪), a title captured from an ancient seven-character Tang dynasty poem, was performed in the courtyard of the Harvard Art Museums by the Chinese ...