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Tang Poetry

The Tang Dynasty witnessed a peak in Chinese culture. Especially for ancient poetry,
it had its flowering in the Tang Dynasty. In more than 300 years of history of the Tang
Dynasty, some 48900 poems were handed down and remain widely known today.

So many works also made more than 23oo poets famous in history.

As far as the writing technique is concerned, the Tang poetry combined realism and
romanticism. In form, poetry of the Tang Dynasty contained four-line and eight–line
verse with five or seven characters in each line. Moreover , modern style poetry,
which is regular and polished , also appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

The best-known poets of the Tang Dynasty were Li Bai and Du Fu, who are very
prestigious in the whole world. Therefore, people of later generations have praised
both of them as Li Du collaboratively.

Being widely praised as he Immortal of Poems, Li Bai was a poet who abounded
with passion and talent. With lofty sentiments and a powerful imagination, he created
many poems in praise of magnificent mountains and mighty rivers of the motherland.
Over 900 poems of Li Bai have been preserved ,of which the most famous are
Invitation to Wine, The Sichuan Road, and Watching the Waterfall at Lushan, intonated
by people for generations.

Du Fu is revered as Sage of the Poems” by the posterity, When he was young, Du Fu
visited many Scenic spots and places of historical inertest But his later life was full of
frustrations, which enabled him to gradually have a clear idea of the people’s
sufferings. In is poems, Du Fu boldly exposed the corruption of the feudal society and
profoundly portrayed people’s miserable lives. More than 1400 of his poems have
been preserved till today, and the best-known ones are Spring Outlook. Ballad of the
Army Carts, The Conscripting Officer at Shihao, The Conscripting Officer at Xin’an,
Farewell to My Husband, Farewell to My Old Wife and Farewell of a Lonely Soul.

The noted poets in the Tang Dynasty also include Wang Wei, BaiJuyi, Li He, Li Shangyin
and Du Mu,etc.Even today,Chinese people are still very fond of the Tang poetry,many of
which can be recited even by children,for example,Thoughts in the Silent Night written by,
LiBai, Welcome Rain One Spring Night written by DuFu, etc,  Famous verses like “We
widen our view three hundred miles by ascending one flight of stairs” Do you not see the
Yellow River come from the sky” are often quoted by most people.  The book Three
Hundred Tang poem is a bestseller at home and abroad. Currently in China, the tag “if
you have recited 300 poems of the Tang Dynasty, you will be able to intonate them even
though you can not produce them” has been popular. Thus, it can be seen how Chinese
people are fond of the Tang poetry.

You can come to Qingdao Chinese language school study Chinese, learning more
Chinese poetry here.

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