How to learn couplets, poems and songs ah?

These things are national heritage ha, want to learn the basic is not difficult, but to eat its essence, need to spend a lot of time and energy.

About the couplets, a good way to start is to learn the "Fisherman's Rhyme" (search for it on the Internet), which is a foundation. How far and how deep you can go depends on your attainment in ancient languages.

The study of poems and songs cannot be viewed in isolation, and you cannot just recite Han Fu, Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan operas, Ming and Qing novels, etc., you need to study them in the context of traditional Chinese culture and historical features.

The learning process is provided as follows: first understand the history of China through the ages (history), and then start from the most basic ancient texts: Three Character Classic, Disciple's Rules, The Hundred Surnames, Newly Selected Three Hundred Poems of the Tang Dynasty, A Thousand Poems, Compilation of Han Fu, Tang Poetry, Song Lyrics, Yuan Qu Qu Quotes (there are books specially compiled for the above four categories), The Four Books and the Five Classics, The Records of the Grand Historical Period, Twenty-Four Histories, and so on (or you can choose the scope of your own interest to explore). (You can also choose your own interests in accordance with the scope of hunting, such as: medicine, business, arithmetic, history ......, Note: "Siku Quanshu" is an encyclopedia of the ancients)

Learning methods: books read a hundred times, the meaning of the self-expression, you must read aloud more, to cultivate a sense of language, and at the same time to learn the rules of the ancients' poems, songs and fugitives to better and more quickly to understand and The first is to make sure that you have a good idea of what you're doing, and what you're doing.

Tips:

Poetry is catchy and is a good material to develop a sense of language, such as with the help of your imagination, to taste the poet's thoughts, can let you quickly close to the ancients ("Poetry", "new selection of the 300 Tang poems");

Words are mostly taken from the or set of songs, such as the music theory of the line can be twice as easy (the understanding of the ancient musical instruments is a way to do so).

Most of the rules of the ancient texts have a fixed pattern, and the understanding of the common sentence patterns and meanings of words is a powerful tool for deciphering the ancient texts (Gu Wen Guan Zhi).

Note: The essence of ancient culture is internalized, and it takes time to know it. There is no shortcut!!! It takes a lot of time to read aloud, read, figure out, and imprint ......, all of which should be considered before you study. The first stage may be tedious, you can eat the original flavor of the ancient style, to regulate: calligraphy, painting, guzheng ...... are very good way.

Learning ancient texts and poems, etc., the necessary dictionary: "Dictionary". If you have the "Kangxi Dictionary" is even better (but to use the four corners of the word search oh).

The above is a little bit of experience, I hope it can help.