This is just a fun tip that I'm planning to use in my Feng Shui 2 session tonight.
I read that in the Tang Dynasty people would greet each other by composing a short poem. (Or, by composing a few lines from a poem which they would continue to compose later.)
My heroes are in the Ancient Juncture now, having just entered through a portal in Chang'an, the capital city (and one of the most populous cities in the world, at the time).
They'll be encountering a friendly sorcerer who makes musical instruments and a sinister ghost possessing an abandoned temple. To add flavor to the encounters I've composed and copied a variety of Tang poems for characters to recite. Here's a famous collection:
wengu.tartarie.com/wg/wengu.php?l=Tangshi
If they fight the sorcerer, he'll be playing melodies on his pipa while he recites one of these poems each time he attacks.
They'll meet a mysterious beautiful lady in the abandoned temple, and she'll recite a sad poem of mourning. When they defeat the ghost of her lover, he'll explode in a burst of flame after reciting a poem which contains a clue to their objective, and he'll leave flaming characters carved in the ground which confirm the clue.
Anyway, I thought this would be a fun way to show the sophistication and cultured atmosphere of the lush, decadent Tang period.
Oh, and Wu Zetian's daughter Princess Taiping will fall in love with one of the heroes and then Emperor Wu herself will command the heroes to track down and prevent the Eaters of the Lotus' latest scheme!