The Book of Songs is China's first and earliest collection of poems. From the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, there were 300 poems of more than 500 years from 65438 BC+065438 BC to the 6th century BC, among which 6 poems were full of poems, with only topics but no poems, also known as "three hundred poems". The pre-Qin dynasty was called poetry, or the integer was called poetry 300.
The Book of Songs is realistic and closely related to real life. Many works say that hungry people sing about their food and laborers sing about their affairs. Moreover, the author is outspoken, dares to reflect life boldly, and has a clear-cut stand of praise and criticism. Beauty and criticism are a tradition in The Book of Songs.
Realism has another meaning. The Book of Songs is a work of the North. There are some differences between the northern culture and the southern culture in China. Especially in the pre-Qin period, the northern culture developed rapidly. Coupled with the harsh geographical environment and natural conditions in the north, life is hard and labor is hard. Therefore, northerners have developed a tradition of hard work and pragmatism.
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The imagery and artistic conception in The Book of Songs are also of great significance to the development of China's poetry. ? The Book of Songs established the position of folk literature in the history of literature. Most of the poems in The Book of Songs are folk songs, which are simple, fresh, lively, harmonious and natural, opening up a broad road for later scholars to learn folk literature.
Judging from the development of literary history, a new literary style is often conceived by the people first and then developed by the literati. Some successful writers in the past dynasties also enriched their creations and borrowed from folk literature, which is a fine tradition in the history of China literature development. The Book of Songs also had a far-reaching influence on the genre structure and language art of China's poems in later generations. In a word, The Book of Songs has been imprisoned for thousands of years, which is the glorious starting point of China's ancient poetry.