The Music and Dance Entertainment in People's Life of Tang Dynasty

Music and dance entertainment of the Tang Dynasty was popular in both the royal court and the folk.Among the emperors of the Tang Dynasty,there were some who enjoyed high artistic culture.They were not only the appreciators but also the practitioners and innovators.In this background,lots of excellent works of music and dances stood out in and out of the royal court.The thriving of the art of music and dance bred large amount of talents of music and dance.Apart from the palace music and dance talents,there were also artists in feudal official and army.The aristocrats,the rich and powerful family all had private professional female dancers or singers.In the people's life of Tang Dynasty,there must be music and dance wherever a party held in the official,the rich,the scholar or even the ordinary people's families.Under the opening political cultural policy,the music and dance of the Tang Dynasty also absorbed elite of foreign art and had heavy foreign cultural taste.The beauty and happiness of music and dance brought the people of Tang Dynasty great spiritual enjoyment and living content,and made their lives with art fragrance.