Why are five Tang poems put together?

Tang poetry is the most precious cultural heritage of the Chinese nation and a pearl in the treasure house of Chinese culture.

At the beginning of the 8th century, the Tang Dynasty was in the heyday of Kaiyuan, and its economic and cultural development reached its peak. A large number of outstanding poets have appeared in the field of poetry creation, and they have written poems with extremely rich contents. Among them, pastoral landscape poems and poems describing frontier wars account for a considerable proportion. Among them, there is a poetic genre called verse, which is very popular. Rhyme belongs to the category of modern poetry and is named because of its strict metrical requirements. Rhyme originated in the Southern Dynasties and prevailed in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Rhyme has strict rules in terms of words, rhymes, even words and antithesis, and the common types are five-character metrical poems and seven-character metrical poems. Later, people pieced together five widely circulated Tang poems according to their own preferences and spread, which was convenient for people to appreciate and spread.

Here are five poems, please enjoy them!

1, Palace

Tang Dynasty: Yuan Zhen

In the empty and desolate old palace, there is only the lonely brilliant red of Hua Gong.

Several white-haired footmen were sitting around talking about the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

2. At Helen's cabin

Tang Dynasty: Wang Zhihuan

The sun sets slowly near the western hills, and the Yellow River flows into the East China Sea.

By going up one flight of stairs, look further.

3, "Early Baidicheng" Author: Li Bai

Early in the morning, I bid farewell to Jiangling city, which is high into the sky, thousands of miles away, and the boat is only one day away.

The cries of apes on both sides of the strait are still unconsciously crowing in their ears, and the canoe has passed the heavy green hills.

4, "To Wang Lun" Author: Li Bai

Li Bai was just about to leave when he heard a farewell song from the shore. Even if the Peach Blossom Pond is deep, it is not as deep as Wang Lun's sending away my love.

5, "Dream in Zhiling" Author: Li Bai

Old friends frequently waved to me, bid farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower, and traveled to Yangzhou in this beautiful spring filled with catkins and flowers. My friend's sail shadow faded away and disappeared at the end of the blue sky, only seeing the first line of the Yangtze River and heading for the distant horizon.

Because these five ancient poems are all five famous metrical poems in the Tang Dynasty, metrical poems are very popular in the Tang Dynasty. These five songs are deeply loved by the people, so they have been handed down. Named after the strict requirements of metrical rules, it is widely spread.