What is Chu Ci? On the origin and main stylistic features of Chu Ci.

Chuci is a new poetic style created by Qu Yuan. During the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan, a poet of the State of Chu, created a new poetic form-Chu Ci on the basis of southern folk songs. Qu Yuan's lyric poem Li Sao has a romantic style and is a masterpiece of Chu Ci, so Chu Ci is also called "Sao Style".

The name of "Songs of the South" existed in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty and was compiled by Liu Xiangnai. Wang Yi wrote chapters and sentences in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Qu Yuan, the Chu people in the Warring States Period? Song Yu of Huainan in Han Dynasty and Dong Fangshuo, Bao Wang, Liu Xiang and others. Later, Wang Yi added his Jiu Si to Article 17. The book is mainly based on Qu Yuan's works, and the rest are also in the form of Qu Fu. Because it uses Chu's style, dialect phonology and local products, it has a strong local color, so it is named Chu Ci.

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Chu ci is developed on the basis of Chu folk songs through processing and refining, and has strong local characteristics. Due to the differences in geography and language environment, Chu has its own unique local music since ancient times, which was called Nanfeng and Nanyin in ancient times. There are also unique folk songs, such as the songs of Chu people, Yue people and Canglang waves recorded in Shuo Yuan. More importantly, Chu has a long history, witchcraft prevails, Chu people entertain gods with songs and dances, so that myths are preserved in large quantities and poetry and music develop rapidly, which makes Chu folk songs full of primitive religious atmosphere. All these influences make Chu Ci have the unique rhyme of Chu State, and at the same time, it has a deep romantic color and a strong witchcraft culture. It can be said that the emergence of Chu Ci is inseparable from the influence of Chu folk songs and cultural traditions.