Games And Social Life In The Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty is one of the splendid era in Chinese history.The development of political and economic has also laid a good foundation for the popularity of the games in the Tang Dynasty.The animal-related games show the relationship between humans and animals.The games related to animals has profound influence on humans lives.When the children of the Tang Dynasty were childish,they ride bamboo horses,put paper kites,kept pets,catched butterflies and fish.Each game has an influnce on recognition of the relationship between animals and people in the nature.The group nature of the games also made children contact with playmates.What's more,these children completed social interpersonal relationship enlightenment education in the process of the contect.The nature of loving to worship and being good at imitation made children develop chivalrous character in the games,such as cockfighting and polo.The Tang Dynasty emperors' enthusiasm for cockfighting and playing polo games has also added political color to the animal games.Jia Chang,who was good at cokefighting,began his official career.DuYan,who wrote a poetry about cockfight,was promoted.Zhou Bao,who was good at playing polo,was promoted,too.The chance of promotion sometimes is determined by the match,etc.Animal-related games played an important role in the official career of people in the Tang Dynasty.Not only that,the animal-related games cased some problems,such as the purchase of cockfighting,gambling,construction of the polo ground and other phenomenon of extravagance and the vibration of the values of the people.Besides,the health of humans is being endangered as the killing and murder of the polo ground.All of this caused the games full of hidden worries and hurt.Animal-related games also carry human memory and beliefs.Dragon Boat Race had totem worship and religious ritual functions.The Bamboo Horse Game was the symbol of childhood memory and political praise.The establishment of animaltheaters in religious places and the holding of temple fairs have promoted the secularization and dissemination of religion.The cultural attributes of the game have more diverse and deeper influence on people.The game interaction between the people and the animals in the Tang Dynasty is the epitome of the cultural development in the Tang Dynasty.Such as the enlightenment and the accompany,the entry and the promotion,the hidden worris and hurt,the belief and the memory,etc,which show the important relationship between the animal-related games and life.The game's role in life can not be ignored.