First, the historical relevance of China's poems and music in past dynasties.
Poetry is the earliest budding literature. Poetry and music, like twin sisters, have been closely combined since their birth, infecting millions of readers in Qian Qian with their unique voice and emotional rhythm, and influencing people's spiritual world.
(A) the origin of poetry and music
Every poem in The Book of Songs, the first collection of poems in ancient China, can be sung in chorus, and "wind", "elegance" and "ode" are classified according to musical characteristics. From The Book of Songs to Songs of the South, to laws, quatrains, poems and Sanqu, the pursuit and progress of musical beauty in China's ancient poetry creation are clearly demonstrated. There are also many explorations and opinions on this issue in the literary theories of past dynasties. Bai Juyi said in Jiu Shu Tong Yuan: "Poet, root feeling, Miao character, Hua Sheng, true meaning"; Yuan Mei's "Poetry with the Garden" said, "Its words are tempted, its color is dazzling, its taste is palatable, and its voice is pleasing to the ear, which is a good poem"; Xie Zhen, a poetic theorist in the Ming Dynasty, advocated that "it is appropriate to recite and listen ... when you recite, it is fluid, and when you listen, it is golden"; Liu Da, a Qing Dynasty man, said in his Essays: "Words are written as chapters, and chapters are written as articles. When you read together, you can see syllables; Singing and singing, you will be proud. " Judging from the culture of China for thousands of years, the combination of poetry and music is a harmonious artistic expression. Poetry and music have a lot in common. Both of them are good at lyricism and pay great attention to rhythm, rhythm and timbre. China's poems in past dynasties have the characteristics of rhythm, musicality and "rhythmic beauty". In ancient culture, "being happy in poetry" is a hot topic. Music art can be described as an "eternal theme" handed down from generation to generation. The prevalence of poetry singing not only promoted the spread, development and inheritance of ancient culture. Make Chinese ancient and modern poetry and music closely combined. It is an extremely important perspective to study the cultural origin of poetry and music, which will make our understanding of poetry and music more comprehensive and clear.
(2) The relationship between poetry and music with the Han Dynasty as the boundary.
In the research field of China's poems and music of Han Dynasty, they also occupy a very important position in the ancient cultural and spiritual history of China. In the Han Dynasty, people inherited and carried forward the tradition of combining Chinese poetry with music, and new poems such as "rhythm" and "precipice", especially those permeated with musical elements, were more suitable for music than classical poems. Therefore, the interaction between poetry and music is inseparable, which makes us relive the integration of poetry and music. In the history of China's poetry and music development, the Han Dynasty is an important stage of cultural evolution. Since the Han Dynasty, music has developed and poetry has flourished, which is the perfect combination of music and poetry and promotes the development of music and poetry. At the same time, the subtle description of music in poetry,
People who are keen on music and poetry benefit a lot; It ensures that music and poetry develop in a healthier and more rational direction.
(C) the inheritance and development of modern poetry and music
Modern poetry and inheriting music are the linguistic combination of music and practical meaning, and practical meaning is the essential meaning of poetry. The poetic form of any era must adapt to the music of that era. Following this clue, we will find that modern songs are the combination of modern poetry and modern music, reflecting the joys and sorrows of modern people, with strong lyricism as its outstanding feature; It also inherited the techniques of fu, bi and xing, and also adopted the inheritance method of singing in succession.
Therefore, every era also has a poetic form suitable for the music of that era, and the change and development of music will inevitably lead to the change and development of poetic forms. Recognizing that modern music is the contemporary form of poetry, we should not blindly explore the form of new poetry. Modern people should participate more in the creation of modern music songs, especially the creation of popular songs, so that this form of poetry can be improved and thus get continuous new development.
Secondly, poetry and music complement each other in style.
Poetry and music come from the internal expenditure of language. Only the language with emotion can express the music hidden in the language through rhythm, tone, rhythmic beauty and other language forms, causing readers' telepathy and singing, thus giving people beautiful enjoyment. The following explains the beauty of rhythm, tone and rhythm of poetry and music:
(A) the presentation of the sense of music in poetry (the beauty of rhythm, tone and rhythm)
In China's ancient life, the rhythm of everything was consistent with the adjustment of feelings and reactions, and this rhythm was vividly displayed in the music of poetry. The rhythm of poetry music is cadence formed by different phonetic arrangements, mainly formed by certain light and heavy rhythms and certain time intervals. The duration of each pause is equal, so that a strong sense of rhythm is formed when reading and singing. Therefore, the rhythm of poetry and music is truly harmonious, with the same appearance and more integration.
Poems and songs of past dynasties also pay great attention to the distribution of modes, so there are cadences when reading and more melodies when singing. Tone is to express feelings. Poetry and music are the windows to express feelings. Poetry and music have four tones. One of the characteristics of tones is that once a tone changes its level, it changes its meaning. The pitch of a language is composed of pitch, which is mainly expressed by pitch.
China's poetry and music in past dynasties have their unique artistic charm, and the "beauty of rhythm" fully embodies the essence of poetry and music. Poetry has certain musicality and "rhythmic beauty". Perfect "sense of rhythm", on the one hand, can strengthen the sense of rhythm of poetry and music, and achieve a harmonious and tidy sensory aesthetic effect; On the other hand, it can promote the expression of emotions. It can be seen that the rhythm of poetry and music has a great relationship with the expression of feelings. China paid great attention to "rhythmic beauty" in all previous dynasties' poetry and music, but the expression of "rhythmic beauty" was relatively free and there was no hard and fast rule. Rhythm is of great significance to the creation of poetry and music, making poetry and music more melodious and beautiful, forming a perfect whole, thus strengthening the "rhythmic beauty" of poetry.
(B) the "feeling" of music in poetry
In the artistic expression of China, poetry and music are often combined and promoted together. In poetry, the sentence pattern of music constitutes rhythm, tone and intonation constitute melody, and rhyme is equivalent to mode, thus forming the feeling of poetry to music. Excellent poetry embodies the strength and spirit of music itself, the feeling of music and the rhythm of poetry. Poetry should embody a kind of tension, and integrate the inner charm and vitality. In poetry, we can easily find the existence of music. Poets like to express their feelings with music, such as singing and playing music. With the help of this invisible and regular sound flow, people's vision shifts to the history of hearing, thus producing new beautiful artistic effects and gaining a subtle artistic enjoyment of epiphany.
(C) the musical "beauty" characteristics of poetry
Poetry is a special literary style, which requires high expression of musical beauty. Poetry is a mysterious and sacred way to express things and individuals themselves. Poetry is not only meaningful, but also has sound. The rhythm and cadence of poetry is an important means of music lyricism, and it is also the main factor to form the artistic image of hearing. Therefore, all accomplished poets attach great importance to the musical beauty of poetic language. Some musicologists insist that poetry is an inherent feature of musical beauty, and the key is to confirm and adhere to the musicality of poetry as the premise. Poems are layered, orderly and structurally symmetrical, which also produces a strong musical aesthetic feeling of reciprocating, singing and sighing. The characteristics and laws of this structure have also formed a "big rhythm". If you imagine the whole poem as a sentence, then this big rhythm is equivalent to the internal rhythm of the poem. Without this big rhythm, the overall musical beauty of poetry will be much inferior. Because of this, China's classical poetry is always rigorous in structure and form, and its integrity remains unchanged.
Third, the significance analysis of poetry and music
Poetry and music will inevitably promote the musicality of poetry. The birth of good poetry stimulates the richness and diversity of music, which is how they "accompany" each other, which helps to explore the development of poetry and music in past dynasties and realize the harmony between literature and art. An excellent music art song brings us not only the process of music enjoyment, but also the emotional expression in the soul, which fully shows the essence of China's poems in past dynasties in music, so as to achieve the perfect combination of poetry lyrics and music, thus creating distinctive features and harmonious scenes.
The relationship between music and poetry is an independent and subordinate mysterious relationship. Music must express the ideas of poetry, just as we express the ideas of painting with colors. I think the fusion of poetry and music is the result of the whole China culture coming down in one continuous line. Many modern music inevitably learn from or copy or imitate the language format and style of poetry in the expression form of words, and create modern music art in the form of classical poetry, which is undoubtedly a preconceived shortcut in the expression of the whole theme. Whether it is emotion or emotional expression, classical poetry often condenses language and emotion, thus adding a lot of space and lasting charm of artistic conception to the aftertaste of music art. In the inheritance of poetry and music in past dynasties, there is a prominent interactive relationship in both historical process and text evolution. Recognizing the relevance and significance of the two will promote the in-depth development of poetry and music culture.
In a word, China's music and poetry have experienced a long history of thousands of years. In ancient times, poetry itself was rhythmic, musical and rhythmic. This paper discusses the deep origin and complementary relationship between poetry and music from a new angle, which makes us have a new understanding of the relationship between poetry and music. Under the background of globalization, we should carry forward the excellent culture of our own nation, and at the same time, strengthen the exchanges between cultures of all ethnic groups, which is an important way for the development of world culture.
To sum up, the word poetry itself contains the place of "music". Thus, there is a close relationship between poetry and music. They always complement each other and blend with each other.