Tang or TANG most often refers to: *

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

Sour The gustatory system or sense of taste is the sensory system that is partially responsible for the perception of taste. Taste is the perception stimulated when a substance in the mouth biochemistry, reacts chemically with taste receptor cells l ...

taste Tang or TANG may also refer to:

Chinese states and dynasties

Jin (Chinese state) Jin (, Old Chinese: ''*''), originally known as Tang (唐), was a major Ancient Chinese states, state during the middle part of the Zhou dynasty, based near the centre of what was then China, on the lands attributed to the legendary Xia dyn ...

(11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) before 8th century BC *

(唐; 618–907), a major Chinese dynasty *

Later Tang Tang, known in historiography as the Later Tang, was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China and the second of the Five Dynasties during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Chinese history. The first three of the Later Tang's four ...

(唐; 923–937), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period *

Southern Tang Southern Tang ( zh, c=南唐, p=Nán Táng) was a Dynasties in Chinese history, dynastic state of China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Located in southern China, the Southern Tang proclaimed itself to be the successor ...

(唐; 937–975), a state during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period

Food

* Tang (drink mix), a brand name of instant fruit flavored drinks, produced by Mondelēz International * Guk (국), soup or stew in Korean cuisine, sometimes known as "tang" (탕; 湯)

Places

Europe

Tang, County Westmeath Tang () is a village and a 'half-parish' in County Westmeath, on the N55 national secondary road between Athlone and Ballymahon, County Longford. Tang forms part of the ecclesiastical parish of Drumraney. It is in County Westmeath but on the b ...

, a village in Ireland * Tang, North Yorkshire, a settlement in England

Asia

* Tang, Ardabil, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran * Tang, Badakhshan, a village in Afghanistan * Tang, a village in

Bumthang District Bumthang District (Dzongkha: བུམ་ཐང་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: ''Bum-thang rzong-khag'') is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. It contains numerous temples and Buddhist sacred sites. The district is divide ...

, Bhutan * Tang (唐镇), a town in

Pudong Pudong is a list of administrative divisions of Shanghai, district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu River, Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank (g ...

, Shanghai, China * Tang, Sistan and Baluchesstan, a village in Sistan and Baluchesstan Province, Iran *

Tang County Tang County or Tangxian () is a county under the jurisdiction of Baoding prefecture-level city, in west-central Hebei province, People's Republic of China. Administrative divisions Towns: * Renhou (), Wangjing (), Gaochang (), Beiluo (), Baih ...

(唐县), Baoding, Hebei, China * Tang Gonda, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * Tang Julan, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran * Tang-e Rashid, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran *

Tang-e Zirgol Bardar Tang-e Zirgol Bardar (, also Romanized as Tang-e Zīrgol Bardar; also known as Tang-e Zīrgol Darbar) is a village in Susan-e Gharbi Rural District, Susan District, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic ...

, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran

People

Surnames

Táng (surname) Tang (; Chinese language, Chinese: 唐, Mandarin Chinese, mandarin Pinyin: ''Táng''; Japanese language, Japanese: 唐/とう/から; Korean language, Korean: 당/唐; Cantonese : Tong; Wade–Giles: T’ang), is a Chinese surname. The three la ...

(唐), romanized as ''Tang'' *

Tāng (surname) Tāng (; ) is a Chinese surname. It is 72nd surname in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' or ''Baijiaxing'' of the Song dynasty and 101st in modern popularity. The Tang (湯) family name traces its lineage from Tang of Shang, the first ruler of the S ...

(湯/汤), romanized as ''Tang'' * Deng (surname) (鄧/邓), sometimes romanized as ''Tang'' *

Teng (surname) Teng () is a Chinese surname derived from State of Teng (Imperial clan descendants) in the Western Zhou dynasty.The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland It is the 73rd name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. 98 ...

(滕), rarely romanized as ''Tang''

Other people

Tang of Shang Cheng Tang (born Zi Lü), recorded on oracle bones as Tai Yi or Da Yi, was the first king of the Shang dynasty. Tang is traditionally considered a virtuous ruler, as signified by his common nickname Tang the Perfect. According to legend, as th ...

(湯; – 1646 BC), first king of the Shang Dynasty * Tang Chinese, used in southern China to refer to the Han Chinese *

Tang Clan The Tang Clan of Hong Kong () is one of the Five Great Clans of the New Territories. The others are Man (), Hau (), Pang () and Liu (). The Tangs are one of the region's oldest families and can trace their lineage back 30 generations in Hong ...

(鄧族) of Hong Kong, among the first inhabitants to settle in Hong Kong

Ships

* US submarines named after the fish, including ** of the United States Navy *** , the lead ship of that class ** , a United States Navy ''Balao''-class submarine that served briefly in World War II before being sunk by one of its own torpedoes *

Type 096 submarine The Type 096 (NATO reporting name: Tang class)https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7860661 is a projected class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) for China's People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force. The submarine is expect ...

''Tang'' class of the People's Liberation Army Navy of the People's Republic of China

Other uses

Tang (clevis) A clevis fastener is a two-piece fastener system consisting of a ''clevis'' and a ''clevis pin head''. Terms The ''clevis'' is a U-shaped piece that has holes at the end of the prongs to accept the clevis pin. The ''clevis pin'' is similar to a ...

, part of a clevis fastener or joint *

Tang (fish) Acanthuridae are a family (biology), family of ray-finned fish which includes surgeonfishes, tangs, and Naso (fish), unicornfishes. The family includes about 86 Extant taxon, extant species of ocean, marine fish living in tropical seas, usually ...

, ''Acanthuridae'', a family of marine fish *

Tang (tools) A tang or shank is the back portion of the blade component of a tool where it extends into stock material or connects to a handle – as on a knife, sword A sword is an edged and bladed weapons, edged, bladed weapon intended for manual c ...

, a projecting element connecting the blade or operational part of a knife or other tool to the handle *

Tang sight A tang sight is the rear sight of a pair of iron sights used to aim or align a rifle A rifle is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a gun barrel, barrel that has a helical or spiral ...

, a rear sight attached to a rifle tang *

Tape measure A tape measure or measuring tape is a long, flexible ruler used to measure length or distance. It usually consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, fibreglass, or metal (usually - hard steel alloy) strip with linear measurement markings. Types Ta ...

, tang, the hook at the end of a tape measure * BYD Tang, a car * Tang, a fish in the American television series '' FishCenter Live'' * Tang, in

beekeeping Beekeeping (or apiculture, from ) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in artificial beehives. Honey bees in the genus '' Apis'' are the most commonly kept species but other honey producing bees such as '' Melipona'' stingless bees are ...

, to make sharp, metallic, ringing sounds so as to attract bees to a land in a trap or hive. * ''Tang and me'', Japanese film (2022) adapted from the book "A robot in the garden" by Deborah Install, starring

Kazunari Ninomiya , often called , is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, presenter and radio host. He is a member of the Japanese idol group Arashi, group that is under agent contract with Starto Entertainment. Early life Ninomiya was born in Kat ...

from Arashi

Acronyms

* Tennessee Air National Guard *

Texas Air National Guard The Texas Air National Guard (TX ANG) is the aerial militia of the U.S. state of Texas. It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and part of the Texas National Guard, alongside the Texas Army National Guard. No element of the Texas Air Nati ...

Texas Army National Guard The Texas Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army, the United States National Guard and the Texas Military Forces (along with the Texas Air National Guard and the Texas State Guard). Texas Army National Guard units are train ...