Tang or TANG most often refers to: *

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

Tang (drink mix) Tang is an American drink mix brand that was formulated by General Foods Corporation food scientist William A. Mitchell and General Foods Corporation chemist William Bruce James in 1957, and first marketed in powdered form in 1959. The Tang ...

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 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 dynasty: the southern part ...

(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 () was a state in Southern China that existed during Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, which proclaimed itself to be the successor of the former Tang dynasty. The capital was located at Jinling, Nanjing in present-day Jiangsu ...

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

Food

, a brand name of instant fruit flavored drinks, produced by Mondelēz International * Guk, soup or stew in Korean cuisine, sometimes known as "tang"

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 is in the parish of Drumraney. It is in County Westmeath but on the border with County Lon ...

, 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 is the most historic dzongkhag if the number of ancient temples and sacred s ...

, Bhutan * Tang (唐镇), a town in

Pudong Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city ...

, Shanghai, China * Tang, Sistan and Baluchesstan, a village in Sistan and Baluchesstan Province, Iran * Tang County (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, 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; old Chinese read Dang), 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 comes from Tang of Shang, the first ruler of the Shang dynasty. ...

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

Other people

Tang of Shang Cheng Tang (), personal name Zi Lü (), recorded on oracle bones as Da Yi (大乙), was the first king of the Shang dynasty in Chinese history. Traditionally considered a virtuous ruler, he overthrew Jie, the last ruler of the Xia dynasty. Ris ...

(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 (Wen; 文), Hau ( Hou; 侯), Pang (Peng; 彭) and Liu ( Liao; 廖). The Tangs are one of the region's oldest families and can trace their li ...

(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 is a projected class of ballistic missile submarine A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine capable of deploying submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with nuclear warheads. The United States Navy's hull classifi ...

''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''. 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 bolt, but is e ...

, part of a clevis fastener or joint *

Tang (fish) Acanthuridae are the family of surgeonfishes, tangs, and unicornfishes. The family includes about 86 extant species of marine fish living in tropical seas, usually around coral reefs. Many of the species are brightly colored and popular in ...

, ''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, spear, arrowhead, chisel, file, coulter, pike, scythe, screwdriver, etc. One can cl ...

, 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 so the bullet fired will hit the target. The sight is attached to the tang: a steel plate extending toward the butt from a rifle receiver for attachment of the ...

, a rear sight attached to a rifle tang *

Tape measure A tape measure or measuring tape is a flexible ruler used to measure length or distance. It consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, fibre glass, or metal strip with linear measurement markings. It is a common measuring tool. Its design all ...

, tang, the hook at the end of a tape measure *

BYD Tang The BYD Tang is a crossover SUV manufactured by BYD Auto, available as an all-electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid or a conventional ICE vehicle. The vehicle is the second model of BYD's "Dynasty" series passenger vehicles, and gets its name from t ...

, a car * Tang, a fish in the American television series '' FishCenter Live'' * Tang, in beekeeping, 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. His career began in the entertainment industry after joining the Japanese talent agency Johnny & As ...

from

Arashi is a Japanese boy band consisting of five members formed under the Johnny & Associates talent agency. The members are Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto. Arashi officially formed on September 15 ...

Acronyms

* Tennessee Air National Guard *

Texas Air National Guard The Texas Air National Guard (TX ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Texas, United States of America. It is, along with the Texas Army National Guard, an element of the Texas National Guard. No element of the Texas Air National Guard is ...

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 ...