Chapter 99 song

Tang poems can be sung, but the excessively neat sentence structure greatly restricts the music.During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, folk songs were very developed, and these folk songs were constantly processed, transformed, perfected and improved in the continuous singing activities, and became a kind of art songs.This kind of art song was called "quzi" at that time, and it has developed from a simple and neat quatrain to a form with a larger system and staggered sentence lengths, which is actually the forerunner of words. "Quzi" has already been produced in the Sui Dynasty, and has already flowed into the court.Song Wangzhuo's "Biji Manzhi" said: "Since the Sui Dynasty, the so-called tunes of today have gradually become popular." Today, we can identify as the tunes of the Sui Dynasty, there are "Dragon Boat", "Mu Huzi" and "An Gongzi" "Willow Branches", "River Biography" and several others.

The tunes were very popular in the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the above-mentioned "Hemanzi", "Zhuzhici", "Cailianqu" and so on, there are also "Wu Geng Zhuan", "Twelve Hours", "Ten Beats", "Yangliuzhi" and "Song of Cailian". Huanxi Yarn, Looking at Jiangnan, Bodhisattva Man, Yu Meiren, Magpie Stepping on a Branch, Worshiping the New Moon, Pour Cup Music, Nangezi, Yugezi, Shengchazi, Neijiajiao, etc. . During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, a large number of posthumous writings were discovered in Dunhuang, including many "quzi" of the Tang Dynasty, known as "Dunhuang Quzi Ci", with a total of more than 1,100 pieces.Most of these songs are folk songs, not only the form is more fresh and lively, but also the social content reflected is broader and richer.