Tang Dynasty poets sang for about three centuries in different tones. There were many famous poets living in the Tang period such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi and Li Shangyin. Quan Tangshi edited in the Qing Dynasty is a collection of about 48, 900 poems that were written by over 2, 200 poets. But it doesn't cover all the poems of the Tang Dynasty.
During the Tang Dynasty, poems were recited when lovers walked under the moonlight. Poems were also recited when soldiers fought on the battlefield. People recited them in the open air or at temple fairs.
In the Tang Dynasty scholars(学者)had to be poets. Their readers were not only people of high social position but also common people. Poets recited poems;women singers sang poems and other ranks of people, including old women and children, read Tang poems. This atmosphere affected foreigners who visited the country at that time. As a result, Tang poetry was introduced to some adjacent countries, like Japan and Vietnam.
Tang poetry is a most brilliant page in the history of ancient Chinese literature. It's a miracle(奇迹)in the cultural history of mankind. The Tang Dynasty was a powerful empire with a vast territory. It inherited(继承)Chinese civilization that went back to ancient times, and was combined with the best of other cultures and adopted the benefits of other nations in the world. Tang poetry wasn’t the only spiritual wealth created by people of the Tang Dynasty. Philosophy, handwriting, painting, music and dance all gained new peaks of development. Tang poetry, however, was the jewel in the crown and the greatest achievement in the Tang Dynasty.
【小题1】It can be learned from Paragraph 1 that ________.A.there were more than 48, 900 poems written in the Tang Dynasty |
B.in total there were four famous poets in the Tang Dynasty |
C.only people of the Tang Dynasty created poems |
D.in the Tang Dynasty most common people were poets |
A.neighboring | B.strong |
C.poor | D.western |
A.In the Tang Dynasty all poets were scholars. |
B.In the Tang Dynasty poems were quite popular. |
C.Many foreigners came to the east during the Tang Dynasty. |
D.In the Tang Dynasty many poems were sung by women singers. |
A.The reasons for the poets to create poems in the Tang Dynasty. |
B.Tang poetry, the greatest spiritual wealth in ancient China. |
C.The significance and influence of Tang poetry. |
D.The editors of Tang poetry in the Qing Dynasty. |