1. The meaning of poetry
A literary genre that uses highly concise language to vividly express the author's rich emotions, reflects social life in a concentrated way, and has a certain rhythm and rhyme.
2. The development of poetry
"Book of Songs" → "Chu Ci" → Han Dynasty Yuefu Poetry → Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties Folk Songs (represented by: Jian'an Seven Sons) → Tang Poetry → Song Ci → Yuan Opera →Poetry of the Ming and Qing Dynasties→Modern poetry, new poetry.
3. The Origin of Poetry
In ancient times, information technology was underdeveloped, so it was very inconvenient for people to transmit information from one area to another, so they would write The poems were compiled into songs, and the poems were passed from people's mouths. Poetry originated from ancient social life. It is a rhythmic and emotional language form produced by labor production, sexual love, primitive religion, etc.