书名：Tang China: A Cosmopolitan Dynasty / 中国唐朝：一个世界性的王朝

作者：GrandPalaisRmn / MNAAG

出版：Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet ，2024

装帧：精装，304页

语种：英文

尺寸：22.8*29.7 cm

这本目录探索了中国悠久历史中繁荣昌盛的唐朝（618-907年）。在那个时代，亚洲各地呈现出深刻的多元文化特征，背景包括阿拉伯人的征服、强大的萨珊帝国的衰落、第二个突厥汗国在中亚和东亚草原的崛起、新罗时期朝鲜半岛的统一，以及日本平安时代的早期。

然而，即便在这样瞬息万变的背景下，唐朝中国依然强大显眼，其物质、艺术和文化财富令人瞩目，且对外来文化和宗教表现出了前所未有的包容性。

唐朝都城长安位于各条丝绸之路的交汇处，使这座城市成为繁荣的贸易中心。其布局旨在彰显皇帝的荣耀。在当时，长安是一座规模宏大的城市，其人口密度甚至超过了巴格达和君士坦丁堡。长安繁荣的文化景象激发了艺术家、书法家和诗人的灵感。

其影响力也并未减弱：长安一直是，并且仍然是现代书籍、电影和电视剧的灵感来源。简而言之，长安的历史凝聚了唐朝的精髓。

2024年11月20日至2025年3月3日期间，吉美博物馆将展出此展览。

This catalogue explores the Tang dynasty (618-907), a flourishing period in China's long history. The era was a profoundly multicultural one across Asia, given the backdrop of Arab conquests, the fall of the great Sassanid empire, the rise of the second Turkic khaganate on the steppes of Central and Eastern Asia, a newly unified Korea in the Great Silla period, and the early-Heian period in Japan.

Yet even in this fast-changing context, Tang China was a powerful presence, remarkable for its material, artistic and cultural riches, and for its unprecedented tolerance of

foreign cultures and religions.

The Tang capital Chang'an (meaning "Long Peace") stood at the crossing of the various Silk Roads, making the city a prosperous trading centre. Its layout was designed to

heighten the glory of its emperors. Chang'an was a vast city for its time, and the high density of its population exceeded that even of Baghdad and Constantinople. Its flourishing cultural scene inspired artists, calligraphers and poets.

Nor has its influence waned: Chang'an has been, and remains, the inspiration for modern-day books, films and television drama series. In short, the history of Chang'an encapsulates the essence of the Tang dynasty.

Exhibition at the musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet from 20 November 2024 to 3 March 2025