Xiange. The Book of Songs is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry and the earliest collection of poems. Most of the songs in it are accompanied by harp and harp, and are called "string songs". "The Book of Songs" is China's first collection of poetry. The earliest records are from the early Western Zhou Dynasty, and the latest works are from the Spring and Autumn Period. It spans about five to six hundred years. The production area is centered on the Yellow River Basin and extends to the north bank of the Yangtze River in the south. Distributed in Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Hubei and other places.