The name of the ancient poem is the title.
The title of the poem is like the eyes of a dragon, which has always been valued by poets. Tang poetry was highly prosperous, so the form of titles was particularly rich. The common ones are as follows:
1. Title according to the content and the process of writing the poem. For example, King Luo Bin's "Singing Cicadas in Prison", Wang Bo's "Sending Du Shaofu to the Governor of Shuzhou" and Du Fu's "I will go to the thatched cottage in Chengdu, I will write something on the way, first send it to Duke Yan Zheng", etc.
2. Group several poems with the same form or theme together and give them a general title. For example, Chen Zi'ang has thirty-eight poems on "Feelings of Encounter", and Li Bai has fifty-nine poems on "Ancient Style". In addition, there are also many titles such as "Ode to History", "Ode to Huai", and "Ancient Meaning".
3. Use the old Yuefu titles of Han and Wei Dynasties. For example, Li Bai's "Ding Duhu Song" is the name of the "Wu Sheng Song" of the Southern Dynasties Yuefu, and "The Road to Shu is Difficult" is also the name of an ancient Yuefu song. Among the "vocal songs" of the Six Dynasties Yuefu, there is "Midnight Song", and Li Bai also wrote four "Midnight Wu Songs" imitating its form. It can be seen from this alone that Li Bai's achievements in poetry creation also benefited from the influence of folk songs.
4. Taking the first two words of the poem as the title of the poem, although it cannot summarize the content of the whole poem, is helpful for memory and recitation, such as Han Yu's "Mountain Stone", Du Mu's "Qingming", etc.
The history of ancient poetry:
As the essence of our country’s traditional culture, ancient poetry has become a unique and distinctive part of our country’s traditional Chinese culture after thousands of years of precipitation. It is the root of the traditional morality of the Chinese nation, the essence of our country's traditional culture, and an important carrier of Chinese culture. Poetry is the product of the ancient people's spirit and a form of human production and development.
In the history of civilization for more than 2,000 years, ancient poetry has been deeply rooted in the fertile soil of the Chinese nation, bringing together the thoughts, feelings and wisdom of thousands of Chinese people.