The Study On Court Entertainment Of Tang Dynasty

The court entertainment activities of the Tang dynasty were rich and colorful,which not only inherited and improved the existing traditional entertainment activities,but also absorbed new content,forming the unique entertainment activities.Rich recreational activities permeate and influence all aspects of the society,closely linked with politics,economy,culture and other aspects.Yanyue represents the highest level of development of music and dance in the Tang dynasty,which can play different roles and show different properties on different occasions.Emperor Xuanzong officially set up his birthday as a festival,a series of activities related to the festival on all aspects of the country.The fact that the emperor's birthday was set up as a festival not only extended by later generations,but also influenced Korea and Japan.Besides the basic entertainment,the court entertainment activities in Tang dynasty also showed the educational and moral characters.Its basic function is lyrical function,but it also can play a political role.The historical writing for entertainment activities shows the sentiment tendency of the historians,and also plays a warning role in history.