Literary Writing of the Soundscape of Street Entertainment in the Process of Urban Transformation in Tang and Song Dynasties
In the process of urban transformation in the Tang and Song Dynasties,with the relaxation of the square city system and the curfew system in the middle and late Tang Dynasty,which led to the complete collapse of the Northern Song Dynasty,and the cancellation of the restrictions on the movement of urban residents at night,street entertainment flourished,regardless of the day and the night.The street market echoed with the sound of urgency and laughter,fully reflecting the noise and turmoil of urban life.The sound of street entertainment is a complex symphony.In terms of space,there are the sound of tea houses,wine shops,prostitutes,song pipes,and the sound of noisy entertainment in and Wa shops;In terms of time,the sound nodes with urban history and human characteristics are connected to the urban linear time soundscape.The power relationship contained in the entertainment sound landscape of the street markets in the Tang and Song Dynasties vividly reflects the rich connotation of urban transformation in the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Tang and Song literatureurban transformationsecularization of sound and landscape