Poetry can be said to be the essence of language, which itself contains a meaning beyond the language itself. Poetry is the expression of complex experience shared by human beings. It is often difficult to distinguish; Have complex sensory performance; Has a rich expression of spiritual world. Poetry is the earliest and most fully developed literary genre in China literature. The existing ancient ballads vividly reflect the living conditions and inner wishes of China ancestors, and their short and vivid forms also show the power of China national language.
The Development of China's Poetry
In the process of language development, many ethnic groups have produced poetic forms suitable for their own languages. In China, the earliest collection of poems is The Book of Songs, in which the earliest poems were written in the early Western Zhou Dynasty and the latest works were written in the mid-Spring and Autumn Period.
During the Warring States Period, the languages of Huaxia and Baiyue nationalities in southern Chu gradually merged, and its poetry collection "Songs of Chu" broke through some formal restrictions in the Book of Songs and better reflected the characteristics of southern languages.