Poetry is a lyrical literary genre. It is a literary genre with a certain rhythm and rhythm, which vividly expresses the author's rich emotions in highly concise language and reflects the social life in a concentrated way.
Poetry originated from ancient social life, which is a rhythmic and emotional language form due to labor production, sex and primitive religion. "Shangshu Yu Shu": "Poetry expresses ambition, song expresses Tao, sound is eternal, law and harmony." "Rites and Music": "Poetry expresses ambition; Song, chanting its voice; Dance, move its capacity; The three are based on the heart, and then the instrument follows it. " In the early days, poetry, song, music and dance were integrated. Poetry is the lyrics, which are always sung with music and dance in actual performances. Later, poetry, song, music and dance developed independently and became independent adults. Poems and songs are collectively called poems.
Poetry is the oldest and most literary style. It originated from the ancient labor chant (later developed into folk songs) and sacrificial eulogy. Poetry used to be a general term for poetry and songs, and poetry combined with music and dance was called poetry. China's poems have a long history and rich heritage, such as The Book of Songs, Songs of the South, Han Yuefu and the works of countless poets. Poetry in Western Europe was written by Homer and Sappho in ancient Greece and Virgil and Horace in ancient Rome.
Pre-Qin poetry
China's poems came into being before the invention of writing, and gradually formed and developed in people's labor, singing and dancing. Poetry originated from ballads, which were only sung orally in ancient times, without written records.
The original poems are basically not recorded. The song "Dage" in "The Legend of Gou Jian's Conspiracy" in Wu Yue Chun Qiu: "Breaking bamboo, spreading bamboo, flying soil, chasing _ (_, the ancient word" meat "refers to prey such as birds and animals)" is considered to be a relatively primitive hunting song, but this is just a guess. The development of pre-Qin poetry has gone through a long process from oral to written, from folk to court, from collective singing to poet creation.