Brief introduction to the cultural history of the Southern and Northern Dynasties

In the history of China literature, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties are a period of brewing new changes, and many new literary phenomena are gestating, sprouting and growing, revealing new vitality. A lively, pioneering and creative literary impulse makes the literary world appear scene after scene, which is the charm of literature in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Generally speaking, this new change can be summarized as the following three points: literature enters the stage of consciousness, and literary creation tends to be personalized; The rise of metaphysics and the introduction of Buddhism have brought new factors to literary creation; The discovery of formal beauty of language and its application in literature. As far as the development of style is concerned, the five-character ancient poems inherit the tradition of Han Yuefu, enhance the poet's personality, get considerable development and reach its peak; The prosperity of a poetic prose, that is, parallel prose, has become an important literary phenomenon in this period. China literature has added a new and lyrical style that can give full play to the formal beauty of Chinese language; In the Han dynasty, the great fu, which was in its heyday, evolved into a lyrical small fu, and the elements of parallel prose were added because of the prosperity of parallel prose. Parallel prose and parallel prose reached their peak in Liang and Chen dynasties. Seven-character ancient poetry was established at this time and made gratifying achievements; The fresh flavor of folk songs in the Northern and Southern Dynasties stimulated poets to try new things, and with other factors, quatrains flourished in the Tang Dynasty. At this time, novels have begun to take shape, which laid the foundation for China's novels, and a number of famous novels about strange stories and people have appeared. It took 393 years to brew these new changes, although it seems a little long, but compared with the literature harvest of about 4 years in Han Dynasty, we can't help but say that the literary achievements of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties are considerable. Without this period of brewing, there would be no climax of Tang poetry, and there would be no overall prosperity of Tang literature.