Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties are the times when China's ancient literature, calligraphy, painting, sculpture, music and dance art shine brilliantly. Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism blend with each other, which promotes Confucianism to the philosophical stage. Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties became the official orthodox philosophy that influenced feudal rule in the late Southern Song Dynasty. Buddhist discussions between China, India and China and Japan show the diversified cultural characteristics of the Tang Dynasty.
Ethnic integration and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries have created many famous painters and painters, and created the world-famous grottoes art and the prosperous Silk Road.
Literature:
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, poetry was the most outstanding literary achievement, and the creation of literati poetry made obvious progress. Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jian 'an literature, represented by Cao Cao and his son, Tao Yuanming's pastoral poems in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, parallel prose in the Southern Dynasties, folk songs in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and other schools with different styles have appeared one after another.
The Tang Dynasty was another peak in the development of China literature. Poetry creation entered the golden age, and nearly 50,000 poems created by more than 2,000 poets have been handed down to this day. Li Bai's and Du Fu's poems represent the highest level of Tang poetry, and they are known as "poetic immortals" and "poetic saints" respectively.
Art:
Calligraphy: Calligraphy became an art in the late Eastern Han Dynasty; During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, official script, cursive script, regular script and running script were all complete. The art of calligraphy in Sui and Tang Dynasties combined the beauty of the Southern Dynasties with the grandeur of the Northern Dynasties, creating a new style.
Painting: China said that "painting and calligraphy are of the same origin" and made great achievements in painting in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. With the popularity of Buddhism, the grotto art in the Sixteen Countries and the Northern Dynasties developed greatly, including sculpture and painting.
Technology:
From the Three Kingdoms to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there are also rich scientific and technological achievements, including mathematics, agronomy, geography, architecture, printing, gunpowder, astronomy, medicine and so on. Besides, among the four great inventions, printing and gunpowder have made outstanding achievements.