Poetry in the Tang Dynasty was unprecedented and reached the peak of China's classical poetry. Tang poetry has a wide range of themes, schools, styles, popular authors and wide spread, which is beyond the reach of predecessors and can only be imitated by future generations. Regardless of political life, singing history, funeral march in the Deep Palace, frontier bonfires, pastoral landscapes, love songs, vagrancy, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc. , can be described and sung in poetry, and excellent works have appeared.
During the Tang Dynasty, a large number of outstanding poets appeared. According to statistics, there are about 3,000 poets in the Tang Dynasty, including a large number of famous artists, sects and schools, such as Wang Zhihuan, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Li Bai and Du Mu.
The Development of Poetry in Tang Dynasty
The number of poems in the Tang Dynasty is extremely rich. According to the statistics of Complete Tang Poems, there are more than 50,000 poems in the Tang Dynasty, including long narrative poems, short lyric poems, pastoral poems, bold poems and other types. There are various forms of poetry in the Tang Dynasty, such as five-character quatrains, seven-character quatrains and metrical poems, as well as relatively rare forms such as Yuefu poems, disyllabic words and long and short sentences.
The styles of Tang poetry are also very diverse, including Du Fu's bold school, Li Bai's romantic school and Bai Juyi's graceful school. Each style has its unique artistic charm and value.