1976 the end of the "cultural revolution" made poetry creation and poetry "imagination" gradually real. However, if we only look at the poetry creation and publication in the later period, we can see that the removal of historical memory is still a process. This not only laid the foundation for the emergence of poetic history titles such as "returning poet" and "returning poet", but also provided historical opportunities for the younger generation of poets. This kind of rapid and frequent appearance due to historical reasons, as well as the intergenerational differences between them, undoubtedly provides a reference for investigating the evolution of poetic thoughts in the 1980 s.
The poets who formed the poetry writing camp in 1980s mainly came from two poetry "groups". That is, one kind is a "comeback" poet and the other is a "young poet". The "comeback" poets mainly show the historical experience of the contemporary integration era, especially the "Cultural Revolution" era. Therefore, the "comeback" generation in a broad sense is not only a "returning generation", but also a rewriting of earlier historical records:1China New Poetry School in the 1940s,1July Poetry School implicated by Hu Feng Group in the 1950s, 1957 Anti-rightist. They express a kind of identity and reflective consciousness of "returnees" in theme and emotion. However, due to the limitations of the times and the long-term constraints of poetic concepts, the vast majority of poets of the "comeback" generation show "lack of stamina", while a few poets who maintain their creative vitality are more manifested in rejecting a historical thinking and constantly surpassing themselves. Comparatively speaking, the "younger generation" poets have exerted great poetic imagination, and their appearance, especially the reappearance of "potential works", has filled the pale poetic history in the "Cultural Revolution" era. Of course, these "generations" who are different in age and writing value orientation will soon show a "fracture phenomenon" because of the appearance of "misty poetry" and the controversy caused by it, and poetry will surely develop into a "multi-gesture" history from now on.
In response to the poet's "comeback" and emergence, the reading and publishing of poetry also presents a new situation. Compared with the 1950s and 1960s, the number of poetry publications officially published in 1980s has increased considerably. In addition to the early resumption of the publication of Poetry Magazine and Star Poetry Magazine after the end of the Cultural Revolution, in view of the prosperity of poetry and even literary and art circles at that time, Poetry Magazine was established in different forms in various places. In addition, most comprehensive literary magazines have opened up certain pages, and the only poetry theory magazine, Poetry Exploration, was founded at 198 1. Responding to the publication of poetry works in official journals is the prevalence of informal printed matter in the 1980s, which can be regarded as an "intermediary" between writing and official journals (i.e. "folk periodicals") and is also of great significance in the history of poetry. This kind of "publishing", which often appeared in the form of mimeographs and manuscripts in the 1980s, inherited similar phenomena in the sense of modern literary history to a certain extent. It was regarded as a kind of "civil right" and left a "memory" of the times. Take the famous "Today" as an example, its appearance and prominent position in the future not only spread this "publishing" mode, but also played an important "demonstration role" in future poetry exchange and reading acceptance, such as poetry in the middle and late 1980s, especially in the 1990s.