Ornamentals And Social Life In The Tang Dynasty

Tang Dynasty is a flourishing period in the ancient Chinese history.Dueto the national unity,political stability,economic prosperity, convenient transportation atthat time,as well as the rapid development of the domestic south and south and foreigncultural and economic exchanges,the types and uses of various types of plants havebeen the effective dissemination and exchange.Cultivating plants in our country has ahistory as long as seven thousand years.In the Tang’s prosperous social situation,various types of ornamental plants has a considerable development,including itscultivation,also has reached a certain scale.Not only in palace,also even in the dailylives of ordinary people can we find the shadow of various types of plants.It will notonly improve people’s living environment, beautify the bedroom courtyard,but also iswidely used in the daily life of diet, health, beauty and other daily life of Tangpeople.The progress of Tang people’s cultural life make them full of longing for a betterlife,which people not only focus on plants’ practical value,but also the aestheticvalue,which has been manifested to a certain degree.Literati also consider lots ofornamental plants as their objects to chant, in which they will pour their own thoughtsand feelings, so that the plants gradually become some sort of symbol with specificspiritual and cultural connotations.When the plant reflect itself beautiful,it also reflectsthe artistic beauty of human wisdom at the same time.