The political and governmental institutions established in the Tang Dynasty lay the foundation for the growth and prosperity of dynasty. Marked by strong and benevolent rule, successful diplomatic relationships, economic expansion, and a cultural efflorescence of cosmopolitan style, Tang China emerged as one of the greatest empires in the medieval world. We can experience the prosperity of the Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty Arts Museum.

The Tang Dynasty Arts Museum is the first Dynasty-unique museum in China, which situated in Qujiang Scenic Zone near the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the southern suburb of Xi'an. It covers a whole area of 2,910 square meters, with an exhibition area of 983 square metes. It is characterized by its typical Tang-style courtyard architecture.

The Tang Dynasty Arts Museum consists of six exhibition halls. With latest archaeological discoveries, significant historic artifacts and detailed written literature, the four exhibition halls, which are respectively labeled Chang'an--- the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Chinese Customs and folklore, poems and calligraphy, and sculpture and paintings, prominently reflect the magnificent art achievements at the height of the Tang Dynasty and provide the basis for the study and appreciation of the Tang Dynasty arts.

The first exhibition hall houses a large number of exquisite buildings materials and architectural models, which primarily feature the architectural style of Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. The most spectacular of all is the restoration model of Linde Hall Daming Palace, made by Yang Hongxun, a researcher of the Archaeological Research Institute under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

The second exhibition hall is about Chinese customs and folklore. It is divided into nine different sections: Music and Dances, Pottery and Porcelain, Dress and Adornment, Games, Silk Products, Tableware, Currency, Bronze Mirrors, and Gold and Silver Wares. This exhibition hall provides a source of vivid materials for the understanding of the social customs of the Tang Dynasty. According to the relevant historical records, more than 30,000 envoys and merchants from borderlands and foreign countries once lived in Chang'an, and it was fashionable for the Huns to wear Han's caps. And the Hans tool to weaning that of the Hun's.

The third exhibition hall focuses on the poems and calligraphy of the Tang Dynasty, which are an important component of Chinese culture. The exhibition hall provides a good place for learning and appreciating the Tang Poems and calligraphy in various styles and from different schools.

The fourth exhibition hall mainly contains sculptures and paintings, which represent the great artistic achievements of the Tang Dynasty in these areas. They are really eye-openers. The Tang-Dynasty sculpture does not bear "delicate and slim" style of the South and North Dynasty, but assumes a style of its own: vigorous, robust, elegant and expressive. Some pottery maids are also on display here. They look pretty, plump and care-free, and represent the feminine section of the Tang society in the era of opening-up. The subject matter of the Tang painting is mainly human figures. Wu Daozi, the so called "Sage of Paintings," is a representative of this school. He is well-known all over China for his line drawings. Besides, landscape paintings were very popular in the Tang Dynasty. The representatives are Li Sixun and his son, Wang wei, Zhang Zao and so on. Great advances were also made in the paintings of flowers and birds, line carvings and frescoes during the Tang Dynasty.