1, the concept of Yuefu poetry
Yuefu poetry is a genre of China's ancient poetry, which originated in the Han Dynasty and prevailed in the Tang Dynasty. This is a kind of classical poetry, as opposed to metrical poetry. Yuefu poetry originally refers to the poems collected by Yuefu organs, and later refers to the works copied by writers in previous dynasties after Wei and Jin Dynasties. These poems are mainly used for singing and are very musical.
2. The characteristics of Yuefu poetry
(1) Freedom of rhyming: The rhyming of Yuefu poems has no specific regular changes and strict requirements, and it can be rhymed by more than one poem, including every sentence, every other sentence and every two or three sentences.
(2) Freedom of metrical form: Yuefu poetry is free in form, and there is no strict standard of leveling and leveling.
(3) Freedom of words: There is no fixed requirement for the number of words in Yuefu poems, including three words, four words, five words, six words and miscellaneous words.
(4) Freedom of space: Yuefu poems vary in length, including long narrative poems and short lyric poems.
(5) Freedom of content: Yuefu poems have a wide range of contents, including court songs, folk songs, landscapes, pastoral, narrative expressions and other themes.
Famous Yuefu poems
1, "into the wine"
This poem is a Yuefu poem by Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem expresses the poet's sigh over his short life and his pursuit of freedom and happiness with bold spirit and passionate emotion. Metaphor, exaggeration, antithesis and other rhetorical devices are widely used in the poem, which shows the outstanding talent of the poet.
At the same time, this poem also incorporates the poet's sense of hardship for the country and the people, emphasizing timely eating, drinking and living.
2. "Send Yuan Ershi Anxi"
This poem is a Yuefu poem written by Wang Wei, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty. The background of this poem is the Tang Dynasty, when Anxi Duhufu was an important military fortress in the northwest. Yuaner is a historical figure, formerly known as Yuanchang, and is called Yuaner because he is the second child in his family. He was ordered to go to Anxi, and Wang Wei wrote this poem as a farewell party for him.
This poem outlines a vivid picture of spring through the morning drizzle of the Acropolis and the new willow trees. The poet expressed his regret for his good friend Yuaner's parting with things. In the poem, Wang Wei advised Yuaner to enjoy another glass of wine before leaving, because once he left Yangguan, he would never see his old friend again.