
The horse had an essential place in the Tang dynasty omnipotence. The breeding of horses, developed a systematic way from the seventh century, had a considerable political and military during this period.
The Tang dynasty indeed imposed its supremacy thanks to the thousands of horses that could bring on the battlefield. It is at its cavalry most of its military victories.
The riders were mostly archers. At the beginning of the dynasty, the Tang army had only five thousand horses. A century later, around 650, it is estimated that more than seven hundred thousand the number of frames available in the imperial stud farm, through the province of Shaanxi and Gansu.
Beyond the essential role of the military horse in the Tang, the court will develop a passion for this important animal. Thus the development of polo practice among the Chinese aristocracy.
But it is especially in the arts that the horse will take the most important, including ceramics and paintings on silk. The painter Han Gan (720-780) remained the leading expert in this type of representation.

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