What is the situation of the writing of experimental poetry of the "new generation"?

(1) In the following years, starting from 1984, Sichuan was the most active region for the "new generation" of experimental poetry. The first thing that stood out was the creation of the so-called "modern epic poems". Later, they summarized their artistic pursuits under different names, such as "holism" and "neo-traditionalism".

(2) The advocates of Integralism include Shi Guanghua, Yang Yuanhong, Liu Taiheng, Song Qiu, Song Wei, and so on, while the advocates of Neo-traditionalism are Liao Yiwu and Ouyang Jianghe. Their theories can be examined in the context of the literary root-seeking trend of this period, and their cognitive attitudes towards "tradition" are different: either they want to seek the opportunity for modern people to get rid of the realistic dilemmas and spiritual crises from the "magnetic center" of the national culture and psychology, or they want to seek the opportunity for modern people to get rid of the realistic dilemmas and spiritual crises from the "magnetic center" of the national culture and psychology. Or they want to return to the "tradition" in order to shake the stabilizing structure formed by the inert power of the nation. They tend to draw on ancient customs, myths and legends from the South in order to constitute a new modern "myth" that exists in their imagination as their spiritual form of the ancient world.

(3) The works of the authors of "epic poems" are often grandiose and huge, with allusions and legends condensed in the poems, and the use of language (diction and syntax) is unprecedented in the development of new Chinese poetry in terms of its strangeness, difficulty, and complexity. The great barrier that exists between these works and the majority of readers has always been an insurmountable problem that both authors and readers have realized.