This is a group of frontier poems, and the specific creation time has not been confirmed. "Liangzhou Ci" is the lyrics of Yuefu, which is sung according to the local music tunes of Liangzhou (now Hexi and Longyou in Gansu). The Book of the New Tang Dynasty says, "Tianbao music tunes are all named after border areas, such as Liangzhou, Yizhou and Ganzhou." This poem has a strong local color. From the title, Liangzhou belongs to the northwest border; From the content point of view, wine was a specialty of the western regions at that time, luminous cup was introduced from the western regions, pipa was produced in the western regions, and Hu Jia was a popular musical instrument in the northwest region. These are all related to the customs of the northwest frontier fortress.
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Thoughts and feelings
William Wang shows the heroic spirit of the frontier soldiers who are brave and patriotic and die, by describing a feast life of the frontier guards. It reflects the author's sadness, sympathy for the fate of soldiers, and the author's sadness and disgust at fighting.