In this paper, I analyzed the statistical analysis of the frequency of imperial tour, the sojourn period of imperial tour, place of imperial tour and imperial activities in Tang Dynasty. In my conclusion, it shows all the difference between the first ...
In this paper, I analyzed the statistical analysis of the frequency of imperial tour, the sojourn period of imperial tour, place of imperial tour and imperial activities in Tang Dynasty. In my conclusion, it shows all the difference between the first and the second half period of Tang Dynasty. For example, the Tang Emperors spended 13,682 or 13,852 days, I.e. annual average of 98.4 and 99.7 days, outside the capital city of Changan in first half period. This means that he Tang Emperors sojourned many places of outside capital 27.8% or 28.2% of the year. But the second period of Tang Dynasty, the Tang Emperors sojourned only 18 days in all, which was annual average of 0.12 days. The second characteristic of imperial tour is the differrnce of imperial tour places between the first half and the second period of Tang Dynasty. The Tang Emperors sojourned or made a tour of places ranging from Chang`an, the capital of Tang Dynasty and its areas around capital city to Louyang, Taiyuan, Taisan, and so on, which was very far from capital city of Chang`an, called the East of Huashan Area(Shandong). The Tang Emperors made the imperial tours for avoiding the heat of summer or cold weather of winter and just fun such as hunting, which was different from other Chinese dynasties and showed the characteristic of the imperial tours was pleasure. Other characteristic of imperial tour is the Tang Emperors`s fleeing from the royal palace orcapital, in all 8 times, ranging from areas around capital city of Chang`an to Chengdu and Lingwu. In short, the characteristics of the Tang Dynasty were different from other Chinese dynasties in many ways, especially from the Former Han whose capital city was Chang`an same as Tang Dynasty.