From Tang Gaozong Li Zhi's accession to the throne, through Wu Zetian, to Tang Xuanzong Li Longji's early period, the rulers worked hard to govern, and China entered the prosperous Tang period that lasted for more than 100 years.

This is an era when national power is prosperous and everyone is eager to make contributions.

Follow me and go back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty. You can experience the following feelings.

01 Make Friends with Poetry The Tang Dynasty was an era of poetry, and reciting poetry was as casual as singing today.

At that time, you had to write poems to make friends, write poems to see the scenery, write poems for gatherings, and write poems for farewell... Therefore, great poets like Li Bai and Du Fu became the national idols of that era.

"How can I bend my eyebrows and bend my waist to serve the powerful? It makes me unhappy!" Although Li Bai is worthy of close friendship, he is inevitably a bit "arrogant".

When writing poems for Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he actually dared to ask Concubine Yang to polish her ink and Gao Lishi to take off her boots.

If you are lucky enough to meet Li Bai, be sure to ask him to write a poem, sign it by the way, and say that you are a friend of the big boss.

Of course, in addition to Li Bai, it is also a good choice to look for the second-largest poets such as Du Fu, Bai Juyi, and Li Shangyin.

Du Fu was concerned about the country and the people, Bai Juyi was concerned about the sufferings of the people, and Li Shangyin satirized the powerful people of the day, full of positive energy.

But one thing you have to be prepared for is that these people are said to be very drunk, so don’t be greedy when you meet them.

02 Guarding the border "The desert is solitary and the smoke is straight, and the long river is full of sun." The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty worked tirelessly to fight in distant places, crossing the Western Regions and the desert with their horse hooves.

A small country on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau offended the Tang Dynasty, so the Hu general Gao Xianzhi led his army over the snow-capped mountains more than 4,000 meters high, interpreting the slogan "Those who offend the strong will be punished no matter how far away".

In this entrepreneurial era, there are endless battles.

The Tang Dynasty was indeed a powerful force. It started a war with Japan at the mouth of the Baijiang River on the Korean Peninsula, made tribute from the nomads on the Mongolian Plateau, and conquered the disobedient small country of Xiaobolu by crossing the snowy mountains in the Western Regions.

Gao Xianzhi was addicted to fighting and was so arrogant that he was finally defeated by the Arab army in the Battle of Talos in 751.

It is precisely because of this that later generations of novelists invented stories such as Xue Rengui's conquest of the east, Xue Dingshan's conquest of the west, Fan Lihua's command, and Xue Gang's rebellion against the Tang Dynasty, which were loved by the audience.

In short, all the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were high-spirited, high-spirited, expanded their territories, and even fought to the death for the king.

In the TV series "Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", the Tang army wiped out the Eastern Turks, conquered the Korean Peninsula, conquered the Western Regions, and established the Protectorate.

In 669 AD, the Tang Dynasty's territory reached its peak, controlling the interior and the Mobei and Western Regions.

Later, during the periods of Wu Zetian and Tang Xuanzong, although the territory shrank, the population actually controlled continued to increase, especially the control of the Heilongjiang River Basin in the northeast.

03 Participate in the imperial examination. The Tang Dynasty implemented the imperial examination to obtain scholars. If you pass the examination, you can become an official. However, the admission rate is too low, which is equivalent to entering Tsinghua University and Peking University now.

However, you always have to have dreams, what if they come true?

To this end, you need to be familiar with the exam syllabus and review it in a targeted manner, especially if you want to write beautiful calligraphy.

If you pass the exam by accident, remember to write an inscription at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Chang'an City.

Feeling too excited, I put on a big red flower and rode a horse around the city to feel what it means to "be proud of the spring breeze and see all the Chang'an flowers in one day".

However, when you are an official, you should not forget your roots, remember to be honest and self-disciplined, and do things worthy of the people.

In modern times, there are military academies and students with special sports skills, while during the period of Wu Zetian, martial arts examinations were established.

Wu Zetian summoned the top martial arts examiners into the "Luoyang Garrison" to enrich the Royal Forest Army.

However, the requirements for selecting officials in the prosperous Tang Dynasty were too high.

It requires knowledge, background, good looks and experience, all four are indispensable.

Hey, handsome people are very popular in every era!

04 The delicious food will make you intoxicated. People in the Tang Dynasty regarded fat as a beauty. According to legend, when Concubine Yang was sitting on the mat in the palace on a hot day, her fat filled the gaps in the mat.

At that time, the delicacies of the Central Plains, Jiangnan, and Western Regions made people salivate.

However, although the food is good, don’t be greedy. If you eat fat, you will inevitably have the trouble of being pursued by your little brother.

Men are not afraid. If they eat too much, they can just participate in horse riding, archery and Cuju activities.

During the Kaiyuan period, pasta developed rapidly. This was an era of abundant food and clothing.

People in the Tang Dynasty liked to eat wheat pasta with miscellaneous grains.

They often eat cakes, such as soup cakes, steamed cakes and pancakes, with spinach, bamboo shoots, grapes, and beef, mutton, and pork.

People in the Tang Dynasty also drank alcohol, and there were many famous wines across the country, such as Langguanqing, Grandma Jing, and Xishiqiang, and there were special hotels.

05 Go and take a look around. During this period, our country carried out various exchanges including trade with Japan, Silla (North Korea), Tianzhu (India) and Southeast Asia, especially exchanges with Japan.