Tang Dynasty Chang'an Music And Dance Images The Chronological And Research

As the capital of Tang Dynasty, Changan is an area full of cultural relics. Around the cityof Xi'an, there are a large number of ancient tombs and relics, in which there are a lot ofimages concerning with dancing with music. However, no study makes an effort to concernthese images. Based on this, this paper targets these images of Tang Dynasty.There are four sections in this paper. The first section elaborates the nine tombs of TangDynasty from which images of dance with the music, including wall painting and potteryfigurine are excavated. The paper lists the three Buddhist relics which contain inscriptions ona tablet, stonecutting, wall painting, household utensils etc. In addition, this paper alsointroduces the relic excavated from He Jiacun village in the southern part of Xi'an. There aremany images of dance with music in these13important ruins.The second section begins to categorize these cultural relics into tomb wall painting,pottery figurine, household utensils, and Buddhist images. According to the time sequence,this section introduces and discusses these images to lay the foundation for further study.After observing these figures carefully, this section discusses deeper issues behind theseimages: to find out the development of dance with music in Tang Dynasty and to locatefactors for this changes.The third section is a case study, which focuses on Konghou, an ancient plucked stringedinstrument, which appears frequently to explore the intercultural exchange during TangDynasty. Originated from Tigris and Euphrates in west Asia, Konghou came to Changanthrough middle Asia, India etc. and became an often used music instrument in Tang Dynasty.From the originality and spread of Konghou, people can find that the spread of music, whichfurther shadows the spread of culture, which further puts forward the exchange of differentcultures.Focusing images themselves, the fourth section explores the regularity for thedevelopment of this art based on large number of images. From the first appearance,development and maturity to the gradual perfection of topics, styles and content, scholar canfind that there is a developing pattern, which is the key for the art to achieve such anaccomplishment. It is not sure that this development digresses from the right cause. Thissection proves with many images that the change in the art is a development of traditional Chinese art and that it is a development acquiring other cultural.