What is the historical level of poetry in the Southern and Northern Dynasties?

Poetry is a treasure in the cultural development of China, which has appeared since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. After several dynasties, especially the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, poetry reached its peak and became an important part of China culture. When it comes to poetry, we may think of Tang Poetry and Song Poetry or The Book of Songs in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. What was it like in the Southern and Northern Dynasties? During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the main carrier of poetry was folk songs. It was a new form of poetry at that time, which laid the foundation for the development of Tang poetry.

Folk songs in the Southern and Northern Dynasties are a kind of poetic form after the folk songs in Han Yuefu. Most of these poems were written orally by the people, and a large number of folk songs appeared in that period, which made the development of poetry move to a new stage. At that time, most of the folk songs in the Southern and Northern Dynasties reflected the social reality, and there were new developments in style and artistic form. Most of these folk songs are short in length, and they are also used to express feelings. They paid little attention to narration, but they reflected the characteristics of the times at that time.

Although we said it was a folk song of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the folk songs of the Southern and Northern Dynasties were different in style. The folk songs of the Northern Dynasties are more wild and unconstrained, because the North is in a state of turmoil and ruled by Xianbei people, so it has unique national characteristics. Folk songs in the Southern Dynasties reflected people's yearning and praise for a better life at that time, and the artistic conception and style of folk songs were more beautiful. Therefore, the styles and rhythms of folk songs in the Northern and Southern Dynasties were different at that time, giving people different feelings.

Although the folk songs in the Southern and Northern Dynasties were not as famous and respected as poets, it is undeniable that they represented the characteristics of the times in the Southern and Northern Dynasties at that time, and it was precisely because of the development of folk songs that they laid the foundation for the development of later Tang poetry and Song poetry, thus profoundly affecting the creation of later Tang poetry and Song poetry.