Pipa Xing is a poetic narrative poem, and it also belongs to Yuefu poetry. Long narrative poem is a kind of poetic theme, which depicts characters in the form of poetry and expresses emotions by writing narrative.
Pipa Travel was written by Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. By describing the superb playing skills and unfortunate life experiences of the geisha pipa girl, the unreasonable phenomena such as bureaucratic corruption, people's livelihood depression and talent burying in feudal society were exposed, and the poet's deep sympathy for the pipa girl and his resentment at the innocent being demoted were expressed.