Yuefu began in the Qin Dynasty and ended in the Han Dynasty!
According to the Records of Rites and Music in the Book of Han, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was an organization called "Yuefu" that collected songs from various places and organized and formulated music scores. Later, people called the poems collected and composed by this institution Yuefu poems, or simply Yuefu. By the Tang Dynasty, although the music scores of these poems had long been lost, this form was passed down and became a poetry genre without strict meter and close to five or seven character ancient poems.
Poets of the Tang Dynasty wrote Yuefu poems, some of which used old Yuefu titles to write about current events and express their own emotions, such as "Song on the Sea" and "Guanshan Moon". Rely on, and create new titles to reflect real life, such as Du Fu's "The Troops of Chariots" and "The Head of the Aijiang River".
Main works
The first four of "Sang on the Mosque", "Long Song Xing", "Shangxie", "Fifteenth Military Expedition" and "Peacock Flying Southeast" were compiled by Guo Maoqian in the Song Dynasty The latter can be seen in the "New Odes of Yutai" compiled by Xu Ling of the Southern Dynasties in the "Collection of Yuefu Poems". Among them, "The Peacock Flying Southeast" is the longest narrative poem in ancient my country. Together with "Mulan Poetry". "Double Jewels of Yuefu".
The name of Yuefu poems
The word "Yuefu" originally referred to the government in charge of music. Yuefu was originally an official office in charge of music in ancient times. It was in charge of the music used in banquets and parades, and was also responsible for the collection of folk poetry and music. "Yuefu" as the name of a poetry style originally referred to the latter, and was later also used to refer to poems that could be set to music from the Wei, Jin and Tang dynasties, as well as works with ancient Yuefu inscriptions that were imitated by later generations.