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Xuanzang is a 2016 Chinese-Indian historical adventure film that dramatizes the life of Xuanzang (602—664), a Buddhist monk and scholar. [5] The film depicts his arduous nearly two-decade overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty on a mission to bring Buddhist scriptures to China, largely related to the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West.
Films that depict events during the Tang dynasty, between 618 and 907 CE, in China and its outlying regions. See also the preceding Category:Films set in the Northern and Southern dynasties and the succeeding Category:Films set in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
During the Tang dynasty rice was not only the most important staple in southern China, but had also become popular in the north where central authority resided. [281] During the Tang dynasty, wheat replaced the position of millet and became the main staple crop. As a consequence, wheat cake shared a considerable amount in the staple of Tang. [282]
Tang Sanzang is based on the historical Tang dynasty monk Xuanzang. Tang Sanzang's birth surname name was Chen ( 陳 ), but having been found in a river as a baby—he was abandoned after birth—he was given the name Jiāng Liú ( 江流 ; this given name literally meaning "River Float", a nod to the fact that he was found in a river).
In 618, the Sui Dynasty collapsed and Xuanzang and his brother fled to Chang'an, which had been proclaimed as the capital of the Tang dynasty, and thence southward to Chengdu, Sichuan. Here the two brothers spent two or three years in further study in the monastery of Kong Hui, including the Abhidharma-kośa Śāstra. The abbot Zheng Shanguo ...
In Korea, the kingdom of Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, adopted the Chinese concept of tianxia which was based on Mandate of Heaven, however in Goguryeo it was changed to be based on divine ancestry. In the Goguryeo story, Jumong was born to Hye Moss, the son of the Emperor, and Yu Hwa, the daughter of Habaek, the god of water.
Films based on Journey to the West (1 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Films set in 7th-century Tang dynasty" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Map of the Tang dynasty. This is a timeline of the Tang dynasty.Information on areas and events relevant to the Tang dynasty such as the Wu Zhou interregnum, when Wu Zetian established her own dynasty, and other realms such as the Sui dynasty, Tibetan Empire, Nanzhao, the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Japan, and steppe nomads are also included where necessary.