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Yifang G. (2025). The Influence and Development of Sasanian Culture in the Tang Dynasty (Focusing on the Cultural Materials from the subsidiary Tombs at Qianling). Parseh J. Archaeol. Stud.. 9(31), 135-154. doi:10.61882/PJAS.1239
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The Sasanian Empire (second Persian Empire) established strong communication with China during the Tang Dynasty, reaching its peak. Following the Arab conquest, the cultural integration between the Tang Dynasty and the Persian aristocracy continued to flourish. Tang emperors, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, provided assistances to Persian king Peroz and his son Narsi, with Peroz eventually choosing to settle in Chang’an in his later years. According to the records of Chang’an Zhi Tu by (Li Haowen, 2013: 49) the stone statue of Persian king Peroz is among the sixty-one statues at Qianling Mausoleum which is the Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi, and Empress Wu Zetian’s resting place; It means that the Qianling Mausoleum holds a significant connection to the Sasanian prince, Peroz; Furthermore, the cultural materials obtained from three subsidiary tombs (the tombs of Li Zhi and Wu Zetian’s sons, grandsons, granddaughters, as well as those of the officials buried around them) at Qianling can be closely interpreted as being related to Persian culture. This article explores the influence of Sasanian Persian culture on the aristocratic culture of the Tang Dynasty as well as the adaptation of Persian customs by the officials of the Tang Dynasty. This influence is evidenced by the cultural materials unearthed from the Qianling subsidiary tombs.
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Received: 2025/01/3 | Accepted: 2025/02/19 | Published: 2025/05/31
Received: 2025/01/3 | Accepted: 2025/02/19 | Published: 2025/05/31
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