The main reasons for the prosperity of Tang poetry

First, the Tang Dynasty experienced unprecedented stability, prosperity and strength, which provided a favorable material foundation and a good social environment for developing culture and cultivating poets. During the 100 years from the early Tang Dynasty to the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the continuous rise of agricultural production brought about the rapid development of the national economy, the prosperity of cities and the activity of commerce. Its national strength is so strong that it has become the number one power in the world. Many neighboring countries took the initiative to develop economic and cultural exchanges with the Tang Dynasty. This social condition provides a good condition for some young people to learn cultural and scientific knowledge, and also facilitates some poets to roam the motherland, broaden their horizons and enrich their creative content. These can not be said to have no influence on the situation of poets coming forth in large numbers after the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Secondly, the ideological and cultural policies of the Tang Dynasty are relatively conducive to the prosperity and development of cultural studies. This mainly refers to the following two aspects of policies; First, the imperial examination system is implemented, and the contents of the imperial examination include writing poems and fu. The system of selecting scholars in the imperial examination fascinated intellectuals, and reading and being an official became the right way; In order to be an official in middle school, I studied hard and wrote poems all my life. Writing poetry has become one of the essential qualities of an official. Under the impetus of this situation, it is entirely possible to have a famous poet. The second is to implement the policy of letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend to a certain extent. The government is tolerant of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and the thoughts of the three religions have an impact on society. The ideological circle is quite active. In the process of contending and influencing each other, they promoted the relatively free development of academics and art, which is obviously a favorable factor for the colorful creation of Tang poetry. Thirdly, the prosperity of all kinds of academics and arts has had a certain impact on the prosperity of poetry. Music, dance, painting, calligraphy, philosophy, history and linguistics in the Tang Dynasty all made considerable achievements, which also promoted the development of literature. Some poets are both painters and calligraphers, and their works have achieved paintings in poems and poems in paintings. The emergence of linguistic works on temperament and duality is obviously helpful for people to learn and create metrical poems. Fourthly, the literary achievements of the previous generation laid the foundation for the development of Tang poetry. From the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, literature experienced a long historical development process, and accumulated rich heritage in poetry, prose, novels and other aspects, including valuable experience and many profound lessons. Outstanding poets in the Tang Dynasty are good at critically inheriting the literary heritage of the previous generation and forming their own style. Some poetic forms, such as metrical poems, began to brew in the Six Dynasties, developed in the early Tang Dynasty and reached its peak in Du Fu. The ancient poems before the Tang Dynasty have matured, and after Li Bai's creative practice, new features have emerged. Yuefu poetry has made considerable achievements in the Han Dynasty, and has made new development through the efforts of Jian 'an poets. In the Tang Dynasty, poets not only inherited the tradition of writing current affairs with old themes, but also created new Yuefu poems with famous works. To sum up, the poems and songs of the Tang Dynasty can bring up the peak of China's classical poetry, and besides the efforts of the Tang Dynasty, there are also some contributions made by the efforts of the previous generation.