"Pug" in the Western Region and Social Life in the Tang Dynasty

Species introduced to the Western Regions take great effects upon social life in the Tang Dynasty.The essay focuses on a pug and probes into its effect from micro view to macro one.As a messenger of cultural communication between China and west during the Tang Dynasty,pug adds a new pleasure to both spiritual and leisure life of the people during the Tang Dynasty after being introduced to the Central Plains.The essay starts with pug material seen in the famous paintings during the Tang Dynasty and combs through historical documents,Dunhuang literatures and unearthed cultural relics in an attempt to explore the route of pugs introduced to the Central Plains from the Western Regions,recover the scene of previous pugs popular with royal ladies and children during the Tang Dynasty and expounds the subjects of literary works related to pugs.