Primitive humans could not understand many natural phenomena, such as wind, electricity, thunder and rain, so they all attributed them to God. Out of awe, primitive people sang and danced to the gods.
Expressed people's expectations-good weather, abundant crops and so on. This is the origin of poetry. It originated from religion. There is another form, which comes from labor.
Primitive people made simple and rhythmic cries while working, so as to forget the temporary pain and spirit brought by labor and coordinate their actions. Gradually, this simple and rhythmic cry has developed into a poem that imitates the voice of labor itself and expresses the feelings of workers themselves.
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In ancient times, when information technology was underdeveloped, it was very inconvenient for people to transmit information from one area to another, so they compiled the written poems into songs and the poems came from people's mouths.
Poetry originated from ancient social life, which is a rhythmic and emotional language form due to labor production, sex and primitive religion. In the early days, poetry, song, music and dance were integrated.
Poetry is the lyrics. In actual performances, it is always sung with music and dance. Later, poetry, song, music and dance developed independently and became independent adults. Distinguish songs from poems by entering music or not. Music is a song, but poetry is not.
Poetry is a kind of language art, which is differentiated from songs, and songs are a kind of music literature with a long history. The Book of Songs is sung with music. Technically, it is a song. Because of this, The Book of Songs is regarded by scholars as a symbol of the maturity of China's music literature.
Poetry is the oldest and most literary style, which comes from ancient labor songs (later developed into folk songs) and sacrificial eulogy. Poetry used to be a general term for poetry and songs, and poetry combined with music and dance was called poetry.
China's poems have a long history and rich heritage, such as The Book of Songs, Songs of the South, Han Yuefu and the works of countless poets. European poetry originated from Homer and Sappho in ancient Greece, Virgil and Horace in ancient Rome.
The "Yuefu" produced in the Han Dynasty is also a kind of poetry that is suitable for music and can sing and dance well. At first, it was not a poem, but a musical organ founded by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Music is music and the government is the government. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established such an official government specializing in music.
Make music scores and collect lyrics. During the Wei, Jin and Six Dynasties, the poems sung by Yuefu were referred to as Yuefu for short. Since then, Yuefu has changed from the name of organ to the name of poem, which has been sung ever since.
In the Tang Dynasty, modern poetry was formed, which is the general name of metrical poems and quatrains we have learned. This kind of poem has a sense of rhythm. Law means that there are strict rules on the use of language. Rhyme is rhyme, which means that the main vowel at the end of a poem has syllables with the same or similar pronunciation
So it forms a kind of musical beauty. Another style, Ci, was formed in the Tang Dynasty. It sings in unison. Later, it prevailed in the Song Dynasty and developed into Sanqu in the Yuan Dynasty. It is a new style poem, and every song with music has certain metrical requirements and a title.
With the change of the times, new poems appeared. Free verse is not easy to compose, so the relationship between poetry and music is gradually alienated. But some excellent works still pay attention to the beauty of music. Because although there is no strict format, new poetry has rhythm.
Full of emotion and association, the language is concise and concise, and it reads like singing. From this point of view, whether it is ancient poetry, modern poetry or new poetry, it is closely related to songs. Poetry and song are inseparable in this way.
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