Hejian Poetry

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Hejian songs and poems

Applicant: Hejian City, Hebei Province

Item No.: 21

Project No.: i-21

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: Folk Literature

Region: Hebei Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Hejian City, Hebei Province

Protected by: Hejian Cultural Center

Brief introduction to Hejian songs and poems:

Applicant: Hejian City, Hebei Province

Hejian City is located in the hinterland of Jizhong plain in the middle and south of Hebei Province. It is named because it is located between Hutuo River and Zhongbao river.

The book of songs is one of the classic representatives of oral literature in pre Qin Dynasty. At the beginning, there were many biographies of the book of songs, among which Lu, Qi and Han's were lost, and only Mao's was handed down. Mao's poems were handed down to the world by Mao Heng and his nephew Mao Chang, whose birthplace is now Hejian City, Hebei Province. The first emperor of Qin burned books and scholars, and most of the classics were burned. Mao Heng, a disciple of Xunzi, came to live in seclusion in Wuyuan County of Hejian state (now Hejian City). On the basis of sorting out the ancient book of songs, he began to write the book of songs. At the same time of the spread of the book of songs, songs appeared in Hejian. According to records, "Hejian Song Poetry" originated in the Han Dynasty, and has been used in different dynasties. So far, folk songs such as Guanju and liaoe in the book of songs are still popular in Hejian.

Hejian poetry is an outstanding representative of folk oral literature since the Han Dynasty. Hejian village of the book of songs and other villages have always retained the "living" culture of singing the book of songs. Hejian song poem is an ancient comprehensive art form integrating folk literature and music. It is a unique carrier of oral form of the book of songs in the folk for thousands of years. It is also an important part of the contemporary culture of the book of songs. The culture of Hejian's book of songs is mainly manifested as follows: 1. The emergence and spread of Song poems; 2. In the process of the spread of the book of songs, related legends of historical figures and some village names were derived, forming a place name culture; 3. The MaoGong academy built in the Yuan Dynasty trained many talents, leaving behind poems, essays, odes, couplets and inscriptions related to the book of songs; 4 With the long tradition and strong cultural atmosphere of poetry and poetry research, there appeared a group of poets.

Hejian is not only the birthplace of Mao Shi, but also the place where the culture of the book of songs is taught and studied. Generations of scholars of the book of songs have made indelible contributions to the development of the book of songs culture. From the "ancient song" of Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, Qiu Ben Gu has been singing "Hejian songs" with clear inheritance context. But now the inheritors are too old to continue and need to be rescued and protected.