2020-09-12
12 分钟Introducing the Song Ci - the popular sung poetry of the Song Dynasty.
Why we love the Sung dynasty exploring the history and charm of one of China's most fascinating dynasties episode 21 the songs that made the Song people Singhenne in this podcast, we're introducing ourselves to the Song Tzu.
Not just a piece of music, not just a poem.
Together they produced something magical.
I'm Bob Jones, and in this why we love the Song dynasty podcast, I'm throwing the spotlight on what was to become one of China's most iconic dynasties in the country's long and colourful history.
Chinese literature has had a long history with many brilliant achievements.
Each age has added its own twist.
For the pre Qin period, they loved essays.
In the Han dynasty, it was prose.
For the Tang people, it was poetry.
People of Yuan liked Yuan Chu, a type of opera.
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was novels.
For the Sung dynasty, it was a genre called Sung tzu, although prose and poetry were also big in this dynasty.
But Tzu is the one genre that later generations particularly relates the people of the Sung dynasty with.
Let's get some definitions out of the way.
Sir is a type of lyric poetry.
It was most often used to express feelings of desire, often in an adopted Persona.
But the greatest exponents of the form used it to address a wide range of topics.
It uses a set of meters derived from a basic set of 800 patterns.
The rhythmic and tonal patterns of tsu are based on certain musical song tunes.
But these pieces of music were recycled time and time again along with the title.