Development history
(1) "Yuefu" was first established in the Qin Dynasty. It was an institution under the "Shaofu" at that time, specializing in the teaching of music, dance and singing, so "Yuefu" was the name of a music institution in the Qin Dynasty.
(2) "Yuefu" was formally established in the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty (BC 1 12), and its responsibility was to collect folk songs or poems written by literati for music, so it was still the name of a music institution in the Han Dynasty.
(3) These poems collected by Yuefu in the Western Han Dynasty were called "poems", and they were called "Yuefu" or "Yuefu poems" in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
(4) Poems written in this form by later scholars (even if they don't like it, such as Yuefu poems in Tang Dynasty) are also called "Yuefu poems" or "quasi-Yuefu poems".
classify
1, symphony: it is mainly a music song used by noble literati for sacrifice, which is gorgeous and elegant.
2, advocating lyrics: also known as piccolo cymbals, the lyrics were written later and the content was complicated. Mainly folk creation.
3. Harmony lyrics: Music is folk music collected from all over the country, and the lyrics are mostly "street talk". Among them, there are many masterpieces, which are the essence of Han Yuefu.
4. Miscellaneous songs: Among them, many tunes are unknown. Because there is no classification, it is a category of its own. There are some excellent folk songs in it.
Writing content
1. The authors of Yuefu poems in the two Han dynasties came from different classes, and the disparity between the rich and the poor and the inequality of bitterness and happiness among members of society were fully reflected in Yuefu poems.
For example, walking in the East Gate, walking with a sick woman and walking with an orphan in Xianghe songs all show the sufferings of ordinary people, and they are groans and shouts from the lowest level of society. In Xiang He's poems, the crowing of chickens, the trip to meet each other and the narrow trip to Chang 'an all show the breath of a rich family.
2. The theme of love and marriage in Yuefu poems in Han Dynasty occupies a large proportion. Most of these poems come from the folk or from the hands of lower-class literati, so when expressing love and hate, they are bold and provocative.
For example, the song "Thank you" is a word about women's self-oath; The song "Xiang" reflects the change and performance of unmarried women from love to hate; Peacock flies southeast is about the tragedy of marriage; The protagonists in Shang Mo Sang and Lin Yulang have totally different love-hate relationships.
Artistic feature
Han Yuefu has a very high position in the history of literature, which can keep pace with The Book of Songs and Songs of the South. Han Yuefu is another great collection of ancient folk songs after The Book of Songs. Different from The Book of Songs, it created a new style of poetic realism.
Women's works play an important role in the folk songs of Han Yuefu. It uses popular language to construct works close to life, from miscellaneous words to five words, depicts characters in detail with narrative writing, shapes distinctive characters, completes the story, highlights ideological connotation and pays attention to describing typical details, which opens up a new stage in the development of narrative poetry, which is an important stage in the development of five-word poetry in the history of Chinese poetry.