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The content is mainly about the love between men and women (more than 90%), and mostly expresses women's love and acacia for men in a woman's tone.
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The expression of love is almost completely romantic, rarely considering ethical factors, and the tone is mostly sad.
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Folk songs in the Southern Dynasties are natural in language and like to use puns.
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The form is mainly five words and four sentences, accounting for about two-thirds of the total points, which plays a positive role in the formation of five-word quatrains.
Characteristics of Yuefu in Northern Dynasties:
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Reflect the scenery and nomadic life in the north, such as: Chilean songs;
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Show the martial spirit of the northern nationalities, such as: the song of the king Langya;
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Reflect the pain of running away from home, such as "leading song" and "enterprise metaphor song 2";
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Love poems show that the northern nationalities pay attention to reality and express bluntly, such as Song of Yang Liuzhi;
Differences between Yuefu in Northern and Southern Dynasties;
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In the form of emotional expression, northern folk songs are characterized by frankness and roughness, while southern folk songs are based on tactfulness and lingering.
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From the perspective of language style, the folk songs in the Northern Dynasties are characterized by simplicity and vigor, while the folk songs in the Southern Dynasties are mainly gorgeous and exquisite, with puns and argots.
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In the form of poetry, the five-character sentence pattern of folk songs in the Northern Dynasties accounts for about 60%, and the seven-character and four-character sentence pattern accounts for about 40%. About two-thirds of the five-character folk songs in the Southern Dynasties are mixed words.