July Poetry School is an important realistic poetry school in the history of modern literature in China.
The rise of the July Poetry School in the bonfire of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression spanned two historical stages: War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation. It is the longest-lasting and most influential literary school in this period.
The common characteristics of this school of poetry are: advocating the tradition of revolutionary realism and linking the aesthetic struggle embodied in poetry with people's social responsibility and combat tasks; Emphasize the development of subjective fighting spirit and actively influence and transform reality; Pursue the prose beauty of poetry in the form of free verse.