The specific manifestations of the cultural diversity of the Sui and Tang Dynasties are as follows:
1. Poetry
The poetry of the Sui Dynasty mainly includes two schools: the Northern Dynasty poetry style and the parallel prose school. The poetic style of the Northern Dynasties inherited and carried forward the realist tradition of the Book of Songs and Yuefu folk songs, while the parallel prose school inherited the characteristics of Han Fu. In addition, there were a large number of verse poems and Yuefu poems in the Sui Dynasty, such as "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" and "Song of Bai Xue Sending Magistrate Wu Back to the Capital".
2. Calligraphy
The art of calligraphy in the Sui Dynasty had its own characteristics, mainly reflected in the rise of two calligraphy styles: cursive and running cursive. Famous calligraphers such as Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, and Huai Su were all active during the Sui Dynasty, and their works had a profound impact on the development of Chinese calligraphy art.
The Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907), collectively known as the Sui Dynasty (581-618) and the Tang Dynasty (618-907), were also one of the most powerful periods in Chinese history. one. They are two unified dynasties that have experienced two long periods of chaos in China and the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Relatively open in terms of national ideology. The two dynasties achieved unprecedented development in politics, military, culture, economy, and science and technology. The monarchs of the Sui and Tang dynasties were relatively enlightened in their governance policies, which also influenced neighboring countries to pay tribute to and learn from China.
Poetry of the Sui and Tang Dynasties
Poetry was the most developed literary achievement in the Tang Dynasty. The "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" compiled by the Qing Dynasty contains more than 48,900 poems by more than 2,200 poets, and this is not all. Among the poets of the early Tang Dynasty, the Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty are the most famous. Poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty can be divided into the pastoral school represented by Wang Wei and Meng Haoran and the frontier school represented by Cen Shen and Wang Changling.
Among them, the most famous poets are Li Bai and Du Fu. The most outstanding poet in the mid-Tang Dynasty was Bai Juyi, whose poems were easy to understand. In addition, there are Yuan Zhen, Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Liu Yuxi, Li He, etc. Among the poets of the late Tang Dynasty, Li Shangyin and Du Mu were the most outstanding, and they were called Xiao Li Du.