The prosperity of Tang poetry is mainly reflected in the following aspects:
Tang poetry not only has a huge team of writers, but more importantly, there are many famous artists and masters in this team, so its sharpness is unparalleled in the previous generation and later generations. Whether it is the perfection of poetry system or the maturity of skills, whether it is the sublimity of artistic conception or the accuracy of rhythm, whether it reveals the depth of life or reflects the breadth of reality, it has reached an insurmountable level. Many outstanding poets in the Tang Dynasty also constantly extended their exploration perspectives and plowshares to new unexplored areas, striving to create Gaga's unique artistic characteristics, so that people can hear their own unique timbre and sing loudly, instead of following other people's plans and receiving others' saliva. It is precisely because of the diversity of themes, styles and forms that Tang poetry not only infects future generations with its positive life ideals and spiritual outlook, but also edifies future generations with its colorful artistic pictures and aesthetic tastes.
Second, the reasons for the prosperity of literature in the Tang Dynasty:
1) Social factors
Before the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the Anshi Rebellion, the country was strong and the economy was prosperous. Hundreds of officials in the imperial court feasted and toured the mountains, singing poems and making peace with each other, thinking that it was a pleasure to talk about assistance. However, with the unification of the country and the smooth traffic between the north and the south, scholars have the opportunity to appreciate the great mountains and rivers of the motherland and inspire poetry. The spread of poetry singing has become a temporary trend. As for the Anshi Rebellion, the disasters in the buffer region continued, the Tang Dynasty declined, and the foreign invasion was extremely severe.
(2) Political factors/monarch advocacy
Several powerful emperors in the Tang Dynasty not only loved music, but also strongly advocated it. The musical movements of Emperor Gaozong and Wuhou are very good, and they often write their own lyrics and compose Yuefu. When Xuanzong arrived, this kind of atmosphere became more prosperous. He is a poet, musician and actor. He loves literature and art and is arty, which has a certain stimulating effect on the development of literature and art. In addition, in the Tang Dynasty, he took poetry as his study, so he became a scholar.
(3) the evolution of poetic style/the development of literature itself
From the pre-Qin Book of Songs, Songs of the South, the 19 Yuefu folk songs and ancient poems in the Han Dynasty, to the poetry creation in Jian 'an, Zhengshi and Jin Dynasties, and then to the proposal and application of temperament theory in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it has accumulated rich creative experience for Tang poetry. Seven-character ancient poems, regular poems and quatrains, a new poetic style, began to take shape in the Six Dynasties, and the format and rhythm began to take shape. In the Tang dynasty, society. New content needs new forms, and it is with new forms that poets in the Tang Dynasty express their thoughts that these new-style poems mature in form, rhythm and rhetoric.
(4) The activity of ideology and culture/the influence of other arts on the development of poetry.
The development of Tang poetry is obviously influenced by other arts. Music, sculpture, dance and painting in the Tang Dynasty absorbed foreign influences on the basis of China tradition, which had a positive influence and inspiration on the content and style of poetry. For example, Wang Wei's landscape poems, which are called "paintings in poems", are obviously influenced by landscape paintings. As for the poems written by Li Qi, Cen Can and Du Fu.
(5) Improve the application value of poetry.
The application value of poetry in Tang society has been improved unprecedentedly, such as seeking for the use of dignitaries, sending people to missions, using poetry and so on. There are excellent works from emperors, nobles, scribes, bureaucrats to Taoist priests and geisha, which is related to the improvement of the application value of poetry.