Ai Qing is one of the great poets with the longest creation duration, the most achievements and the highest achievements in the history of China's new poetry in the 20th century. He has always kept pace with the times and the people, and has carried out poetry creation and theoretical exploration for more than half a century in the ups and downs of fate. He made himself stand on the shoulders of giants by inheriting and breaking through the creation and theory of great poets of various schools at home and abroad.
Ai Qing made four contributions to the history of China's new poetry in the 20th century in the process of his poetry creation and poetic aesthetic theory exploration for more than half a century. He founded the China realistic modern poetry school, pushed free verse from "trial" to self-discipline, created a number of typical works and created a unique poetic aesthetic theory system.