1, origin
Songs of Chu, whose original meaning refers to songs of Chu, are gradually fixed into two meanings: one is the genre of poetry, and the other is the name of poetry collection. The writing techniques of Chu Ci are romantic, passionate and imaginative, with strong local characteristics and mythical colors of Chu State.
2. Features
Chu ci is developed on the basis of Chu folk songs through processing and refining, and has strong local characteristics. Songs of the South occupies an important position in the history of China's poetry. Its appearance broke the silence of The Book of Songs for two or three centuries, and made it shine brilliantly in the poetry circle. Therefore, later generations called "The Book of Songs" and "Songs of the South" coquettish.
Wind refers to the style of fifteen countries, represents the book of songs, and is full of realism spirit; Sao refers to Li Sao, representing Chu Ci, full of romanticism. Feng and Sao became two schools of realism and romanticism in China's classical poetry.
3. Representative figures of Chu Ci
The representative figure of Ci is Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was a poet and politician of Chu State during the Warring States Period, and was regarded as the founder and representative writer of Chu Ci. Representative works include Li Sao and so on. Chu Ci is a poetic genre with strong Chu cultural characteristics. It describes the mountains, rivers, people and historical customs of Chu with the dialect rhyme of Chu, which has a strong regional cultural color.
Qu Yuan's works showed his patriotic feelings and romantic artistic style, which had a far-reaching impact on later poetry.
The function of Chu ci.
1, the groundbreaking of literary creation
Chuci broke the four-character style of The Book of Songs, emphasizing chapters and rhymes, and adopted a more free and flexible form, enriching the theme of poetry and expanding the field of poetry expression. It initiated romantic poetry and had a far-reaching influence on later literary creation.
2. Rich emotional expression
With its unique artistic techniques, Chuci expresses rich emotions and thoughts through metaphors and symbols. With deep sadness, heroic passion, praise for nature and thinking about life, it shows the emotional world of Qu Yuan and other poets and makes readers feel the author's inner experience.
3. The importance of cultural heritage
The Songs of the Chu recorded the history, culture and folk customs of the State of Chu, which is of great value to the study of the society, politics and religion of the ancient State of Chu. It also provides important materials and references for the cultural inheritance of later generations, and is of great significance for enriching and developing China culture.