The difference between Yuefu folk songs and Yuefu poems

1. Different dynasties:

Yuefu style is a collection of poems for music that were collected or compiled by the Yuefu agencies at that time from the Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Ge Xing style poetry was established in the early Tang Dynasty on the basis of the Yuefu poetry of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties.

2. Different origins:

Yuefu Shiben was the name of the official office in charge of music during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and later became the name of the poetry style. The joy of worshiping in the ancestral temple. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established the Yuefu, produced elegant music, and collected folk songs.

The song style was created by Bao Zhao of the Southern Song Dynasty. Bao Zhao imitated and studied Yuefu, and after fully digesting, absorbing and casting it, he not only got its spirit and style, but also developed his own style. , created a song style mainly composed of seven characters.

3. Poems come from different sources:

Yuefu poems are mainly leftover from previous dynasties, created by musicians, and collected by the people. And it is mostly used for ancestral temple sacrifices and banquet performances.

The style of songs and lines are all inspired by the author's feelings, integrating recording people, recording conversations, making comments and expressing emotions, and the content is rich and vivid.

4. Different narrative methods:

Yuefu poems are narrated in the form of dialogue or monologue, while song-style poems are mostly written in the first person.

5. Different ways of expression:

Yuefu poems must narrate other people’s affairs and can be used as allegories, while the category of song-style poems includes Yuefu poems and others.

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