What is the longest narrative poem in ancient China?

The longest narrative poem in ancient China is Peacock Flying Southeast. Peacock Flying Southeast is the first narrative poem in the history of China literature, and it is also the pinnacle of Yuefu poetry. Later generations praised it and Mulan poems of the Northern Dynasties as "double walls of Yuefu".

Peacock Flying Southeast has more than 350 sentences, 1700 words. As the longest narrative poem in ancient history, "Peacock Flying Southeast" is concise, ingenious and vivid, which not only shapes the image of Liu Jiao and his wife as soul mates and unyielding, but also vividly depicts Jiao Mu's stubbornness and Liu Xiong's insolence.

At last, the article conceives the myth that both Liu Lanzhi and Jiao Zhongqing became peacocks after their death, and places people's strong desire to pursue love freedom and a happy life.

Peacock Flying Southeast is based on a marriage tragedy that happened in Lujiang County (now in Huaining and Qianshan, Anhui Province) during the reign of Emperor Xian of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The original title was "Ancient Poems for Jiao Zhongqing's Wife", and it was named because the first sentence of the poem was "Peacock flies southeast and wanders in five miles".

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As the longest narrative poem in ancient history, "Peacock Flying Southeast" is concise, ingenious and vivid, which not only shapes the image of Liu Jiao and his wife as soul mates and unyielding, but also vividly depicts Jiao Mu's stubbornness and Liu Xiong's insolence.

At last, the article conceives the myth that both Liu Lanzhi and Jiao Zhongqing became peacocks after their death, and places people's strong desire to pursue love freedom and a happy life.

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