Why are Yuefu poems also called music poems? Are the poems sung in harmony ancient popular songs?

Poetry has lyrics because it can sing with the melody of music, and it is precisely because of this feature that Yuefu poetry can be called musical poetry. In the Han Dynasty, Yuefu poetry was carried forward, and a large number of poems sung in harmony came from the people and were fully circulated among the people. At that time, it was really a popular song. However, under the creation of many poets in the Tang Dynasty, especially Du Fu, the functions of Yuefu poetry have been more richly expanded, with the effect of criticism, and there is a trend of breaking away from popular songs. The characteristics of Yuefu poems in Han Dynasty can be summarized as follows: first, they have realistic theme orientation; The second is plain language.

First, the realistic theme-oriented poems of Han Yuefu mostly come from the folk, describing the people's working life or the changes of some natural phenomena, so they have the characteristics of realism. And such a creative theme orientation is also inherited by future generations. The Yuefu poems written by Du Fu and Bai Juyi often pay attention to the sufferings of ordinary people, so as to reflect the changes of society and the situation of life, such as those written by Du Fu? Three officials and three points? These six new Yuefu poems all have a strong realistic orientation.

Secondly, the plain language is also because Yuefu was taken from the people, so his poetry creation often has no flowery rhetoric and complicated rhythm, and often uses the simplest language to express the most sincere and appropriate thoughts and feelings, which is in line with this. Popular? The theme of "Han Yuefu" can be catchy by anyone and sung in daily life, which lays the foundation for Han Yuefu poetry to become an ancient popular song.

In later Yuefu poems, this simple language and poetic style can be said to be in the same strain as realism. Through plain but meticulous language, people deeply feel the misfortune and bitterness, which accords with the expression intention of Yuefu poetry.