grab your clicker take out your chapter 12 notes guide and a writing utensil
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Grab your clicker
Take out your Chapter 12 Notes Guide and a writing utensil.
Bellringer February 8, 2012
February 8, 2012
Chapter 12, Section 2: Chinese Society
Today, we will be learning about Chinese society.
Objectives
A Growing Economy Aftermath of Han
collapse – *cities damages, farms burned, artisans made fewer goods, farmers grew less, merchants had less to trade
*Tang brought peace by giving land to farmers
A Growing Economy *Irrigation was
improved
Developed new kinds of rice*Grew well in poor
soil*Produced more per
acre*Grew faster*Resistant to disease
A Growing Economy *Tea – became a
popular drink*Roadways and
Waterways built*Travel easier in and
out of China*Trade increased
with AsiaSilk road under
China’s control
A Growing Economy Porcelain
*Made from fine clay.
*Baked at high temps.
New Technology Coal
*Large popn = high need for wood
Wood b/c scarce
*Coal used to heat things = coal-mining industry
Steel*Made: armor, swords,
helmets, stoves, and farm tools
New Technology Printing Press
B/4 printing press, copy by hand
*Diamond Sutra first book in China
*Used blocks of wood to put characters of an entire page
*Used over and over*Pi Sheng invented
movable type, clay.
New Technology Architecture
Indian Buddhists temples influenced design of Chinese pagoda
Featured roofs at each floor curving upwards at the corners
Inventions China b/c world leader
in new technology*Gunpowder used in
firearms & fireworks
New Technology Inventions
• Major Tang technical advance
• *Magnetic Compass: uses Earth’s magnetic field to show direction
• *Revolutionized sea travel, contributed to world exploration
Art and Literature Tang and Song
dynasties periods of great cultural achievement. Art and literature flourished, and many inventions and advances occurred in science and technology.
Art and Literature Literature and Art
• *Tang period produced some of China’s greatest poets
• *Li Bo: “Still Nights Thoughts”
• *Duo Fu: “Spring Landscape”
• Poems of Confucian ideals, joys of life
Art and Literature Painting• Reached new heights
• Wu Daozi, murals celebrating Buddhism, nature
• Landscapes of great beauty
• Some used only black ink
Art and Literature Painting
Landscapes
*Portray the “idea” of mountains, lakes, and other features.
*Empty spaces = people cannot know the whole truth about something.
Art and Literature Painting
*People = tiny figures, which means they are in but not controlling nature.
*Painters wrote poetry on their works using a brush & ink to write characters called calligraphy
Art and Literature Artisans
• Exquisite objects made from clay
• Tang: pottery figurines, often to go in tombs
• *Song: excelled at making porcelain
• *Admired, sought after worldwide. Reached Europe in 1700s.
Homework