Why were the emperors of the Song Dynasty accomplished in painting and calligraphy?

(1) Since the Song Dynasty, China's feudal society has further developed, and centralization has been more consolidated and strengthened than before. The fashion of attaching importance to literature over martial arts to adapt to this development and change has become a system, which has also caused a generation of social atmosphere.

(2) A little study of the history of the Song Dynasty shows that in the 300-year history of the Song Dynasty, the phenomenon of the son emperor is very rare. Generally, when the emperor ascended the throne, he was an adult and had a long reign, so the corresponding new emperor spent a long time as a prince. A typical example is Song Guangzong, who has been a prince for forty years. This gives them plenty of time to indulge in piano, chess and calligraphy. Therefore, Emperor Gaozong said in his self-written Chronicle of Calligraphy: "From the founding of the People's Republic of China to Du Nan, eight ancestors all loved calligraphy, and special books were separated from big books in vain, which added a lot of color to courtiers. ..... Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Yu's brushwork has been copied to the Six Dynasties ... Every thirty years is not a big interest, and I have never given up my pen and ink. " Seven years after reading Old Wulin Story: Grandfather Taishang put the imperial book Urgent Chapter and Diamond Sutra into the palace, but the official document was put into the imperial book Thousand-character Text, which made Grandfather Taishang very happy: Big Brother has been writing very hard recently. Among them, Zhao Gou was the emperor's father in June of the thirty-second year of Shaoxing, so the cloud was too high. The butler is Prince Song Xiaozong. It can be seen that the emperor's love for calligraphy in the Song Dynasty is not only arty, but also fascinating. Because of this, their calligraphy art level is very high. As for Song Huizong, he is very clever and superb in skill. Because of his maze of calligraphy and painting all day long, although he created a thin gold body and was unique in calligraphy, he did nothing for the government. In the end, the tragic ending of the destruction of the five cities and countries is even more familiar to everyone.