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The Role Of Women In The Tang Dynasty

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The chinese economy in the Tang dynasty was well organized. The social economy in the earlier period of the Tang Dynasty underwent a rising process of recovery, development and prosperity.They had a well train military and very well train men with very well developed weapons. One of the major invention of the time was gunpowder which helped the military a lot. They also made weapons out of steel and iron. Perhaps the most important was the invention of woodblock printing. Woodblock printing allowed books to be printed in mass production. This helped increase literacy and to pass on knowledge throughout the empire.Agriculture was also a big part of the society because agriculture thrived and was the mainstay for the chinese economy. With the booming of agricultural economy the people of china were now able to look elsewhere for money and began perfecting crafts and skills. That first a skill practiced for centuries and that was bronzing.

The tang dynasty adopted many buddhist ideas, and many of the tang regions had buddhist population. Buddhism played an important role in the political function, giving emperors the spiritual function of creating a harmonious buddhist society. …show more content…

Women usually managed the houses for their husbands and sometimes they managed merchants businesses in their absence. Women weren’t allowed to own land and if she did it was passed to her husband's. Also women weren’t allowed to remarry after their husbands divorced them or died. I became popular to educate girls just enough to read a small version of the confucian so they can understand their role in society. Also women bound their feet starting between 5-7 years old. In korea, japan, vietnam woman their had more rights to do things like own land and they were also in a higher status than women in china. Women in korea, Japan, vietnam didn’t have to bind their

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