Topical Studies On The Diet Culture During Tang And Song Dynasties

Chinese society undergone tremendous changes during Tang and Song dynasties.Naito Konan,a Japanese scholar,originated the theory of Tang and Song Dynasties Renovation in early 20th century.This theory argued that Tang Dynasty was the end of mediaeval times and that Song dynasty was the beginning of modern.times.In recent times,it has become a hot issue of Chinese history study to discuss on the social changes during Tang and Song dynasties.For the occasion of the social tremendous changes during this era,the academia offered many valuable viewpoints to mainly explore the new changes from political,economic,military and other fields.But there are relatively few findings in the research of the changes of daily life,especially the diet culture,during Tang and Song dynasties.Food culture,tea culture and wine culture,the three important parts of Chinese diet culture,obvious changed during Tang and Song dynasties.Cultural relic,which has historical,artistic and scientific values that left by human beings in social activities,can restore diet activities and reflect diet culture of the ancients vividly and intuitively.This paper will compare this three typical differences by the help of archaeological discoveries and new findings in the research of cultural relic.And provide new evidences and views of the changes during Tang and Song dynasties.