Poetry collections from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period used popular language and were mostly created by the people.
Parallel prose was popular in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and its rhetoric was gorgeous, but its content was not substantial, and it was mostly loved by literati.
The Tang Dynasty is an ancient poem, with both Yuefu poems, with Li Bai having the greatest influence, and metrical poems, which were praised only after the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
In Song Dynasty, there were two schools of graceful words and bold words, which were sung for people and had a great influence on later generations.
Yuan Zaju developed in Yuan Dynasty and matured in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Drama has been widely welcomed, and a new kind of Beijing opera has taken shape in Beijing.
During the Ming Dynasty, capitalism sprouted and the civil class rose, and novels were welcomed by the broad masses of the people. During this period, many famous novels appeared.
There are various forms of expression of China's excellent culture, and couplets, common sayings and two-part allegorical sayings are widely circulated among the people.