From the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Qu also withdrew from the trend and was replaced by various novel novels. The four traditional classical novels, The Journey to the West, A Dream of Red Mansions, Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms all came from this period. Ming and Qing Dynasties are the era of novels.
After the 5.4 Movement, although the mainstream advocated new style poetry, there were few impressive works. A literary form that can lead the trend in quantity and quality, such as Tang poetry, Song ci, Yuanqu, Ming and Qing novels, began with movies, and later there were TV dramas, variety shows, online literature and so on. The era of poetry is gone.
Therefore, there was no poetic grass after the Song Dynasty, which is a historical necessity. Everything will always go through the process of birth, development, prosperity and decline. Although there were many retro phenomena similar to Nalan Rong Ruo (a famous poet) in Qing Dynasty, they were not the mainstream of the times after all. Gone are the days when poetry flourished. This is like TV to movies and the Internet to TV. The latter is all the rage, but the former has a broader mass base and characteristics of the times than the latter. It is only a matter of time before the former replaces the latter and becomes the mainstream of society.