What is a haiku?

Haiku, also called Japanese Haiku, is the shortest fixed-format poem and verse form in the world. Haiku originated from Japanese Waka, and Waka originated from China's ancient Han Yuefu poems. As a form of poetic style, chorus can be divided into Long song and short songs, and haiku comes directly from the beginning of short songs.

Haiku has a fixed format and rhythm, and generally consists of three sentences with seventeen pseudonyms "575", in which there should be "seasonal language" and "cutting words". The so-called "seasonal language" means to express the meaning of words with four seasons in haiku, which is often expressed by symbols, hints and associations. The so-called "cutting words" means using distinctive rhymes to break sentences of words with heavy tone.

Due to the differences between Japanese and Chinese, three haiku sentences are often translated into two sentences that are suitable for China's poetic habits, and the role of "cutting words" is even more difficult to translate, which affects readers' complete understanding of the artistic charm of haiku. It's like translating China's ancient poems into English. Judging from the content and aesthetic pursuit, haiku is generally consistent with ancient Chinese poetry. The artistic conception of many haiku directly comes from China's ancient poems, and can even be found in China's ancient poems.

The format of haiku

Haiku has a fixed format and rhythm, and generally consists of three sentences with seventeen pseudonyms "575", in which there should be "seasonal language" and "cutting words". The so-called "seasonal language" means to express the meaning of words with four seasons in haiku, which is often expressed by symbols, hints and associations.