During the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 ), the Chinese used a silver canister where written lots could be drawn that designated which player had to drink and specifically how much ; for example, from 1, 5, 7, or 10 measures of drink that the youngest player, or the last player to join the game, or the most talkative player, or the host, or the player with the greatest alcohol tolerance, etc.

During the Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 ) between the 7th and 9th century AD, wood blocks were cut to print on textiles and later to reproduce Buddhist texts.

During the Tang Dynasty, Wang Bing claimed to have located a copy of the originals of the Suwen, which he expanded and edited substantially.

During the Tang Dynasty a small parrot ventures out to search for its mother's favourite food upon which it is captured by a poacher ( parrots were quite popular during the Tang Dynasty ).

* 762 – During An Shi Rebellion, Tang Dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptured Luoyang from the rebels.

During the Tang dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang promoted large-scale tug of war games, using ropes of up to 167 meters with shorter ropes attached and more than 500 people on each end of the rope.

During the reign of Harsha ( r. 606 – 647 ) in North India, Indian envoys in Tang China taught methods of cultivating sugarcane after Emperor Taizong of Tang ( r. 626 – 649 ) made his interest in sugar known.

During the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu further formalized and defined Confucian beliefs as an apologetic response to Buddhism.

* April 5 – During the Cold Food Festival, Chinese Emperor Zhongzong of Tang has his chief ministers of court, sons-in-law, and high-ranking military officers engage in the festive game of tug of war within a palace of Chang ' an City.

During the Tang dynasty, a fair amount of translations from Sanskrit into Chinese were done by Chinese priests, and Buddhism became one of the major religions of the Chinese along with the other two indigenous religions.

During the later Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 AD ), an Arab traveller to China in the year 851 AD remarked:

During the Islamic conquest of Persia ( 633 – 656 ), the son of the last ruler of the Sassanid Empire, Prince Pirooz, fled to Tang China.

During this conquest of Persia, the Islamic Caliph Uthman Ibn Affan ( r. 644 – 656 ) sent an embassy to the Tang court at Chang ' an.

During the Chinese Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian ( 684-704 ) decreed that the swastika would also be used as an alternative symbol of the Sun.

During the Song Dynasty in the late 1st millennium AD, these six works were combined with a Tang Dynasty text into a collection called the Seven Military Classics.

During the Tang Dynasty, rival warlords declared independence in their governing provinces — not all of whom recognized the emperor's authority.

During the Tang Dynasty in China, when esoteric Buddhist practices reached their peak, Japan was actively importing Buddhism, its texts and teachings, by sending monks on risky missions across the sea to stay in China for two years or more.

During the Tang Dynasty, the independent Sichuan was conquered and subjected to the military control of the Empire from north China.

During the Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 ) the area was formally designated " Hebei " ( north of the Yellow River ) for the first time.

During the earlier part of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, Hebei was fragmented among several regimes, though it was eventually unified by Li Cunxu, who established the Later Tang Dynasty ( 923 – 936 ).

During the Tang Dynasty and after, the area was called Hédōng ( 河東 ), or " east of the ( Yellow ) river ".

During the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 CE ) paper was folded and sewn into square bags to preserve the flavor of tea, while the later Song Dynasty ( 960-1279 CE ) was the first government on Earth to issue paper-printed money.

In the famous long scroll Along the River During the Qingming Festival painted by Zhang Zeduan ( 1085 – 1145 AD ) during the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1297 AD ), a suanpan is clearly seen lying beside an account book and doctor's prescriptions on the counter of an apothecary's ( Feibao ).

During the Warring States Period and the early Han Dynasty, China grew greatly and the need arose for a solid and centralized cadre of government officers able to read and write administrative papers.

During the Han Dynasty, Confucianism developed from an ethical system into a political ideology used to legitimize the rule of the political elites.

During the Qing Dynasty many philosophers objected against Neo-Confucianism and there was a return to the Han Dynasty Confucianism, and also the reprise of the controversy between Old Text and New Text.

During the Song Dynasty, the scholar Zhu Xi ( AD 1130 – 1200 ) added ideas from Daoism and Buddhism into Confucianism.

During the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yongle bestowed the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma, the first of the three Princes of Dharma, upon the Black-Hat Karmapa.

During the social and cultural climate of the ancient Eastern Jin Dynasty ( 316-420 AD ) based at Nanjing in the south, painting became one of the official pastimes of Confucian-taught bureaucratic officials and aristocrats ( along with music played by the guqin zither, writing fanciful calligraphy, and writing and reciting of poetry ).

During the Chinese Song Dynasty ( 960-1279 AD ), not only landscape art was improved upon, but portrait painting became more standardized and sophisticated than before ( for example, refer to Emperor Huizong of Song ), and reached its classical age maturity during the Ming Dynasty ( 1368-1644 AD ).

During the late 13th century and first half of the 14th century, Chinese under the Mongol-controlled Yuan Dynasty were not allowed to enter higher posts of government ( reserved for Mongols or other ethnic groups from Central Asia ), and the Imperial examination was ceased for the time being.

During the Ming Dynasty there were also different and rivaling schools of art associated with painting, such as the Wu School and the Zhe School.

During the early 16th century, the Sayfawa Dynasty solidified its hold on the Bornu population after much rebellion.

During the reign of the Kalhora Dynasty, the present city started life as a fishing settlement when a Sindhi Balochi fisher-woman called Mai Kolachi took up residence and started a family.

During the Qin Dynasty ( 221 – 206 BC ), the region came under the jurisdiction of Panyu County, Nanhai Prefecture of the province of Guangdong.

During the Ming Dynasty ( 1368 – 1644 ), characters from popular novels such as the Water Margin were widely featured on the faces of playing cards.

Court painters made new versions of the Song Dynasty masterpiece, Zhang Zeduan's Along the River During the Qingming Festival whose depiction of a prosperous and happy realm demonstrated the beneficence of the emperor.

During the Ming Dynasty ( AD 1368 – 1644 ), the Chinese were very concerned with city planning in regards to gunpowder warfare.

During the 15th century, China's Ming Dynasty assembled one of the largest and most powerful naval fleet in the world for the diplomatic and power projection voyages of Zheng He.

During the flight, she was acclaimed for her weightless acrobatics and a playful sense of humor, once holding a sign reading " Hi Dad " up to the camera, and displaying a sticker on her flight locker that advertised her crush on actor Tom Selleck.

During the 1971-72 season, Erving became an instant sensation with his scoring prowess and dazzling on-court acrobatics ; the Squires defeated The Floridians in the first round of the playoffs but lost to the New York Nets in the second round.

During his tenure, Singleton was a fan favorite for his high-flying acrobatics and his tenacious defense.