Medievalists.net“Do you wanna build a snow-lion?”: Fun with snow in medieval China https://www.medievalists.net/2022/01/snow-medieval-china/ #MedievalChina
Abstaining from alcohol in medieval China https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/abstaining-alcohol-medieval-china/ #MedievalChina
Abstaining from alcohol in medieval China
If you, like many at this time of year, have resolved to give up alcohol, then it might be a comfort to remember you are not the first in history to have attempted this. As Song dynasty writer Liu Xueji found, then as today, peer pressure and social obligations can test one’s resolve to cut back on wine.
Essential Hiking Gear for a Medieval Chinese Monk https://www.medievalists.net/2020/11/medieval-chinese-monk/ #MedievalChina #Travel
How to Guard Your Tang Dynasty Tomb https://www.medievalists.net/2021/11/how-to-guard-your-tang-dynasty-tomb/ #MedievalChina
The Upstart King: Jingzong of Xia https://www.medievalists.net/2020/09/upstart-king-jingzong/ #chinesehistory #history #medievalchina
Child Emperor vs Empress Dowager: Regency in the Western Xia https://www.medievalists.net/2020/10/child-emperor-vs-empress-dowager-regency-in-the-western-xia/ #chinesehistory #medievalchina #history
Michael Höckelmann 何彌夏🇹🇼🇭🇰🇪🇺#OTD 1013: Completion of the Principal Models from the #Imperial Storehouse (Cefu Yuangui #冊府元龜), a massive collection of official documents and one of the principal sources for the history of #MedievalChina. One of the Four Great Books of the Song (960–1279) 宋四大書
#OTD in #MedievalChina: Li Longji 李隆基 (685–762), Emperor Xuanzong 玄宗 (r. 712–756) of Tang 唐 (618–907) elevates his concubine Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環 (719–756) to the status of 'favorite consort' (guifei 貴妃)—hence her better-known name Yang Guifei. #長恨歌
#OTD: Li Longji 李隆基 (685–762, r. 712–756), temple name Xuanzong 玄宗, aka Illustrious Emperor 明皇, was not only born (685) but also ascended the throne of the Tang 唐 (618–907). #MedievalTwitter #MedievalChina #長恨歌 #EverlastingSorrow #AnLushan #安史之亂 #ChineseHistory
#OTD in #MedievalChina: Li Longji 李隆基/ Xuanzong 玄宗 (r. 712–56) of Tang 唐 and his crown prince, Li Heng 李亨 / Suzong 肅宗 (r. 756–62) quit the Western capital Chang'an 長安 for Chendu 成都 in flight from the rebel armies of the An Lushan Rebellion 安史之亂.
