Tang Dynasty Cattle And Cattle Farming

The agriculture of Tang Dynasty developed quickly, created abundant material wealth and produced flourishing Tang Dynasty civilization.The development of agriculture has relation with the using of cow in the agriculture. But the people of the past seldom study cow and cow plow technique of Tang Dynasty and this influenced people understanding the agriculture of Tang Dynasty to some extent. Therefore there is necessity putting together "cow" and"plow" knot, further study the position and function of the cow and plow in Tang Dynasty agriculture produce, so contribute to the reason which reveal Tang Dynasty social vigorous situation to appear. This text is divided into four parts, which researches a few problems of cow and plow in Tang Dynasty concretly.The first part discussed the position of cow in Tang Dynasty people's heart from the understanding of people of Tang Dynasty to cow and the policy of Tang Dynasty to cow.Tang Dynasty people think the cow is an agricultural root, relate to national peace or chaos, is the colleague of farmer.Therefore, the ruler drew up some policy concerning cows, encourage the ranch and civil common people keep cow, there is a set of science reasonable measures in the aspects of managing official's and private cow too, drew up a set of ordinance that the severe protection cow, and value the vet's development very much.The second part studies the cattle industry of Tang Dynasty, concretely discussed the category and distribution of Tang Dynasty cow, the feeding scale of cow and the technique of keeping cow. The cattle industry of Tang Dynasty have a big development and the feeding amounts of three kinds of good cow that cattle, buffalo, yak all had a growth. cattle industry of authorities and folks all have bigger scale.The technique of keep the cow compared ex-generation also have an exaltation, the large-scale herding in the authorities ranch put, the civil turn keep, select quality excellent teach and the cow disease prevented and cure aspects to all have a certain progress.The third part studies the technique of cow plow of Tang Dynasty, concretely discussed the farm implements about cow, the cow plow method and farming level in Tang Dynasty.The development of the cattle industry of Tang Dynasty,and the big area expansion of the Qu yuan li make one cow and one person's cow plow method be further universal, the farming level in Tang Dynasty had a progress, the the mode of agriculture produce be further.The fourth part discusses the relation between cow plow and Tang Dynasty agriculture from the land development and the food production and display the cow plow's position in the agriculture in Tang Dynasty.The usage of the Qu yuan li and promotion one cow and one person's cow plow method make the speed of the land development quckly and the food in Tang Dynasty develop fast,the feudalism agriculture production comes to an unprecedented height.Through research, I think that the cow has an important position in the people's heart and the ruler drew up a series of policy and pushed to the development of the cattle industry.The extensive usage of cow in the agriculture,the further universality of one cow and one person's farming method,the big area of expansion of advanced implements the Qu yuan li,these make the agriculture production of Tang Dynasty highly flourishing, material wealth biggest abundant, social economy prosperity, which lay a solid foundation for civilization of Tang Dynasty. Speak from a certain meaning,Tang Dynasty was drawn in the threshold of peaceful times by the cow.This text through collection and analysis to the relevant cultural heritage data and the cist data, and studies study and absorption of result of the people of the past, from horizontal and lengthways refine cow and the cow plow technical characteristic in Tang Dynasty, filled up to some extent the syudy blank of the people of the past, reveal the function of cow in Tang Dynasty agriculture produce, clarified the relation between cow and Tang Dynasty's peaceful times.