What are ancient poems?

Ancient poetry, that is, China's ancient poetry, refers to China's poetry works before the Opium War 1840. Its original intention is a poem written by the ancients. Broadly speaking, China's ancient poems include poems, words and Sanqu written by the ancients. In a narrow sense, ancient poetry only refers to ancient poetry and modern poetry written by ancient people.

1. Classical poetry is a poetic genre. Judging from the number of words in poetry, there are four-character poems, five-character poems and seven-character poems.

2. Modern poetry, also known as modern poetry and metrical poetry, is a genre of Chinese poetry that pays attention to meter, antithesis and rhyme. In order to distinguish it from classical poetry, it has the name of modern style.

3. Ci is a unique poetic style, which sprouted in the Southern Dynasties and is a new literary style that rose in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, after a long period of continuous development, Ci entered its heyday.

Sanqu is a kind of poetic style, which appeared in Southern Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty and prevailed in Yuan Dynasty. It is influenced by folk songs, and its syntax is more flexible than words.

5. Modern poetry, also known as "vernacular poetry", can be traced back to the end of Qing Dynasty at the earliest, and it is a kind of poetry. Compared with classical poetry, although it is written for feeling things, it is generally informal in format and rhythm.