Poetry originated in Zhihu.

Poetry originated from ancient social life, which is a rhythmic and emotional language form due to labor production, sex and primitive religion. "Shangshu Yu Shu" records: "Poetry expresses ambition, song expresses Tao, sound is eternal, law and harmony."

The heyday of ancient poetry was in the Tang Dynasty, and now there is the saying of Tang poetry and Song poetry.

China's classical poem White Pine is the most outstanding representative of China culture, which can be traced back to ancient times without words. The Book of Rites records a sacrificial ballad in Shennong era: "The land is against its house! Water belongs to its valley! Insect, don't do it Vegetation, return to its jersey! " "Wu Yue Chun Qiu" also recorded a ballad "Dage" reflecting the hunting of primitive people: "Break bamboo, continue bamboo, fly soil and drive away meat." These songs are typical examples of the combination of poetry, music and dance, which is an important feature of China's poetry. ?

In the 6th century BC, The Book of Songs was compiled into a book, including local folk music 160, elegant music 3 1, 74 ditties, 40 sacrificial music, * * 305 songs and 6 sheng music, and the score was lost. The producing areas include Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong and northern Hunan. There are poems in The Book of Songs that reflect the joy of feasting, such as Xiaoya Luming Literature. There are poems reflecting the war, such as Xiaoya in June; Famous love poems such as Zheng Fengji; The ironic reality of Feng Wei's attack on Tan: There are also a number of large-scale royal epics of the Zhou Dynasty that reflect the founding history of the Zhou Dynasty, such as Sheng Min, Gongliu, Mian, Yi Di and Daming. ?

The Book of Songs, which is mainly composed of four words and repeated sentences, shows China's lyrical national literature characteristics. Since then, China's poetry has embarked on a lyrical road, and lyric poetry has become the main form of China's poetry. The enthusiasm for reality, strong political and moral consciousness and sincere and positive attitude towards life in The Book of Songs are summarized as the spirit of elegance, which has become the most basic and far-reaching tradition of China's poetry.