1. The most popular form of poetry since the Song Dynasty is: Ci.
2. The reasons why poetry replaced poetry as the main form of ancient Chinese poetry in the Song Dynasty:
1. Economic prosperity and the development of the citizen economy;
2. Education The establishment of squares and singing houses;
3. Ci is more flexible and popular than metrical poetry, and easier to be accepted by the citizenry;
4. The development of the imperial examination system, the formation of There was a huge group of civil servants, and the literati in the early Song Dynasty inherited the style of Ci from the Five Dynasties, Duoyouni (the Wanyue School in the early Song Dynasty);
5. In the Song Dynasty, there were Khitan and Jin in the north and Xixia in the northwest, and ethnic conflicts were prominent. Especially at the turn of the Song Dynasty, the shame of Jingkang has always been engraved in the hearts of the Han people, who longed to restore the Central Plains and became patriots, and poetry can better express their emotions. (The unconstrained faction) The country fell, they were displaced, and they lamented their life experience. (The graceful school in the early Southern Song Dynasty, represented by Li Qingzhao).