Chu Ci was developed through processing and refinement on the basis of Chu folk songs, and has strong local characteristics. Due to differences in geography and language environment, the Chu State has had its unique local music since ancient times, which was called Nanfeng and Nanyin in ancient times. It also has its unique folk songs, such as "Chu People's Song" and "Yue Song" recorded in "Shuo Yuan". "People's Song" and "Canglang Song"; more importantly, the Chu State has a long history, and witchcraft is prevalent in Chu. Chu people entertain the gods with singing and dancing, which preserves a large number of myths, and poetry and music develop rapidly, making Chu folk songs full of The original religious atmosphere. All these influences make Chu Ci have the unique tone and phonology of Chu State, and at the same time, it has a profound romanticism color and a strong witchcraft culture color. It can be said that the emergence of Chu Ci is inseparable from the influence of local folk songs of Chu State and the cultural tradition of Chu State.
At the same time, Chu Ci is the product of the combination of Chu culture in the south and Central Plains culture in the north. After the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Chu State, which had always been called Jingman, became increasingly powerful. In the process of striving to dominate the Central Plains and competing for hegemony among the princes, it had frequent contacts with northern countries, promoting extensive cultural exchanges between the north and the south. Chu State was also deeply influenced by the culture of the northern Central Plains. It is this convergence of northern and southern cultures that gave birth to great poets like Qu Yuan and colorful and great poems like "Chu Ci".
"Chu Ci" occupies an important position in the history of Chinese poetry. Its appearance broke the silence of two or three centuries after "The Book of Songs" and made it shine in the poetry world. Later generations also referred to the Book of Songs and the Songs of Chu as Feng and Sao. Feng refers to the style of the Fifteen Kingdoms, representing the "Book of Songs", which is full of realism; Sao refers to "Li Sao", representing "Chu Ci", which is full of romanticism. Feng and Sao became the two major schools of realism and romanticism in Chinese classical poetry.