Tang and Song Achievements Chapter 14 Section 2 Tang and Song Achievements

Question: How long have they (China) been communist? The Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded on July 1, 1921 in Shanghai, China. After 28 years of struggle, the CPC finally won victory of "new-democratic revolution" and founded the People's Republic of China in 1949. The CPC is the ruling party of mainland China (P.R. China).

Advances in Agriculture Chinese civilization always based on agriculture Grew wheat, barley, rice, & grains

Advances in Agriculture During Song Dynasty farming improved New irrigation helped farmers Underground wells Dragon backbone pump Allowed one person to do the work of several

Advances in Agriculture Increased the amount of farmed land Farms more productive New fast growing rice Could get 2-3 crops in one growing season Grew new crops efficiently such as cotton Tea production increased

Advances in Agriculture Surplus agricultural items were taxed giving gov’t more money Merchants traded surplus crops Food was plentiful Population grew quickly Went from 60million to 100 million

Cities and Trade During the Tang and Song dynasties food came into the cities from the countryside Cities were busy and crowded Tang capital city Population over 1 million Largest city in the world in its time Religious & philosophical center

Trade in China and Beyond Trade and agriculture made China richer than ever Traders used rivers to ship goods within China Especially the Grand Canal Construction began under the Sui Improved and expanded under the Tang

Trade in China and Beyond During Tang dynasty most foreign trade used land routes Silk was their most valuable Favorite Fast Talker

Trade in China and Beyond During the Song Dynasty sea trade became important Pacific ports were opened to foreign traders They also developed porcelain during the Song Dynasty

Trade in China and Beyond Huge amounts of trade strengthened the economy Porcelain- a thin beautiful type of pottery Song invented the first paper money to ease trade

Artists and Poets Artists & writers of the Tang Dynasty were some of China’s greatest Wu Daozi (DOW-tzee) painted murals Li Bo and Du Fu wrote poetry Li Qingzhao (ching-Zhow) considered China’s greatest female poet

Artists and Poets Artists made exquisite clay figures Also made porcelain items glazed with celadon

Important Inventions Tang Song Woodblock Printing Gunpowder Compass Movable type Paper money