What is the significance of Tang poetry in the history of poetry development?

As we all know, from the book of songs in the pre-Qin dynasty, the language of the book of songs was mainly four words, five words in the Han dynasty, seven words in the Tang dynasty, and other literary forms. Then poetry changed from four characters and five characters to seven characters, which indicates that social life is getting richer and richer, and ordinary people's daily literary creation is getting richer and richer. In the process of development, in the Tang Dynasty, the creation of Tang poetry formed a heyday of China's classical poetry. The Tang Dynasty was also the peak of political, economic and cultural development in China feudal society. Nowadays, among many overseas Chinese, they call themselves Tang people. The reason is that they are closely related to the Tang Dynasty.

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, especially during the periods of Emperor Taizong, Wu Zetian, Tang Gaozong and Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the political and economic development of feudal society has been greatly improved. In addition, due to the implementation of the imperial examination system, there are other cultural exchanges and the blending of various ideas, forming a good cultural atmosphere. In this cultural atmosphere, the number of poets (poets) and people who spread poetry is constantly expanding. Then, in the Tang poetry creation team, from the emperor to the ordinary people, the number of creative personnel is unmatched by other dynasties.

Judging from the number of poems created, there are nearly 50 thousand Tang poems in the whole Tang Dynasty. Among these 50,000 poems, not only the quality is high, but also the level of writers and poets has reached an unprecedented height. As we are familiar with the three great poets in the Tang Dynasty: Li Bai, Du Fu and Bai Juyi, they not only reached a peak in their literary creation at that time, but also their level is unmatched by us today.

In addition, there are not only China people, but also foreign writers like Japanese, so the expansion of the poetry team makes the content of Tang poetry more inclusive. In addition, the society of the Tang Dynasty was also an era when the East and the West blended and various ideas met. In this era, in addition to Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have been further promoted, so the poet's creative style also has rich and colorful characteristics. There are achievements like the "Four Masters in Early Tang Dynasty", as well as Li Bai's bold and elegant style and Du Fu's realism. These colorful poems constitute a bright pearl in Tang culture.