What period, a period of prosperity for Chinese feudal society

What period was the prosperous period of China's feudal society

The grand pattern, openness, and magnificence of the Sui and Tang societies were incomparable to those of all previous dynasties. In the world at that time, China was at the forefront of development, the most civilized and advanced, the most prosperous and developed, the most affluent and powerful country.

First, the social system was advanced. The 5th century to the 11th century AD, is the world's early medieval period, roughly equivalent to China's North and South Dynasties, Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties period. At this time, Western Europe up to North Africa, Central Asia, East Asia, have just entered the feudal society, compared to China lagged behind a stage of social development.

Secondly, the level of production development was high. Feudal society, the main economic production sector of the clothing industry, in the Sui and Tang dynasties have a greater development. Agricultural production tools hoe, shovel, sickle, plow have been greatly improved. Water conservancy facilities were repaired and new excavations, and more extensive and perfect.

Third, long-term unification. Since the ninth year of the Kaihuang era (589), after the re-unification of Sui, China under the Sui and Tang dynasties was the only great power in the world at that time that remained unified for a long time. Fragmentation and division only accounted for a short period of time. China was the strongest and largest country in the world at that time.

Fourth, culture flourished and developed. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, an open-door policy was adopted, which not only absorbed a large number of useful cultures from foreign lands, but also spread China's prosperous and developed traditional culture to all parts of the world. China's traditional Confucian culture has been sorted out, Taoist culture has been developed under the government's support, and Buddhism, which was imported from India, has been greatly influenced by Chinese traditional culture and rituals and has been Chineseized. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Buddhism reached a peak of prosperity, surpassing the level of Buddhism in India and making China the center of Buddhism in the world, replacing India. Relatively enlightened cultural policies, less cultural prohibitions, and make this time of science and technology, astronomy and arithmetic outstanding progress, literature and art blossomed, colorful, poems, lyrics, prose, legends and novels, change the text, music, dance, calligraphy, painting, sculpture, have great achievements, and influence later generations and countries around the world.

Fifth, the center of world economic and cultural exchanges. Civilization advanced and affluent and powerful China was the center of economic and cultural exchanges in the world, especially in Asia. Sui and Tang Dynasty China and the world to further strengthen the links, Chang'an became an international metropolis at that time, in Chang'an there are ambassadors of various countries, merchants, there are stores opened by the Hu people. Han and Tang have the Silk Road of Chinese and Western exchanges, while the Han Dynasty direct contacts between China and foreign countries are still limited to Central Asia, India, the furthest is the Banchao deputy envoy Gan Ying reached the Persian Gulf.