The poetry of the Tang Dynasty was magnificent, with many famous poets and a wide range of poetic styles. Numerous genres and different styles formed a magnificent spectacle of blossoming flowers and thousands of colors in the country of poetry.
The legendary novels of the Tang Dynasty were magnificent and colorful, with bizarre plots and twists and turns, and became one of the most important sources of material for operas. Yuan Zhen's "The Record of the Meeting of the True", Chen Hong's "The Biography of the Song of Long Hate", Jiang Fang's "The Biography of Huo Xiaoyu", Bai Xingjian's "The Biography of Li Wa", Li Gongzuo's "The Biography of Nanko Taishou", Shen Shiji's "The Record of Pillow in the Pillow", Chen Xuanyou's "The Record of the Departed Soul", Yuan Jiao's "The Biography of the Red Thread", and Xu Yaozuo's "The Biography of the Liu's" have been adapted to become famous operas in the later times.
The Tang Dynasty set up pear orchards and workshops, and music, song and dance flourished for a while. Sui nine music increased to ten music, namely: a feast music, two Qing Shang, three Xiliang, four Funan, five Goryeo, six Guzi [qiuci qiu magnetic], seven Anguo, eight Shule, nine Kangguo, ten Gaochang. Deleting the elegant music, supplementing the hu music, finalizing the yan music; performing sword dances, hu spinning, cudgel and other healthy dances, as well as soft dances such as the green waist and the liangzhou. In the Tang Dynasty, the great songs and dances were performed, and the famous Nei Shang Yu Yi Dance was created by Yang Guifei, with the dancers wearing peacock and emerald clothes and scarlet skirts, floating in the air. The Seven Virtues Dance (i.e., the "Broken Formation Song") is vigorous and majestic. The Sword Dance is characterized by flashes of swords and shadows, such as Yi shooting the ninth day, dragons flying, fiery and fiery, with many changes. The development of "Fan Kuai [kuai block] row Jun difficult" from the "Gongmo Dance" has strong action and distinctive characterization. Tang Dynasty musical instrument playing level has also improved greatly, Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing" describes the songstress playing the pipa, sometimes like a rapid rain, sometimes like flurries, sometimes like beads falling from a jade plate, sometimes like a warbler sounding nibbling, sometimes like a spring gurgling, sometimes like a silver bottle bursting, swords and spears ringing ...... to reach the level of the immortalized.
Tang Dynasty also appeared a variety of forms of rap literature - such as change text, words, common speech, poetry, etc., most of them are taken from the Buddhist scriptures, but also a lot of folklore and historical stories, such as the "Da Meguren Hades to save the mother of the change text," the "Demon change text," "Meng Jiangnian," "Wu Zixu change text," "Li Ling change text, Wang Zhaojun", "Catching Jibu", "Qiu Hu" and so on. The famous masters of the popular speech, Wen Xuxu and the monks are well known in the four directions.
The Tang Dynasty, handed down by the Northern Qi "King of Lanling", "bowl head", "step on the rocking lady" and other songs and dances have become more sophisticated, more dramatic. In particular, "Treading Shake Niang", has been developed from the original two roles to three roles, the addition of pawnshop fellows, flirting on the spot, somewhat similar to the future generation of young sheng, young dan, clowns, "three small plays". Actors in the square on the Jin Banquet (colorful seats), horse surrounded by clusters of people, very lively. The audience automatically formed a circle, and the voice and help, the dramatic effect is very strong.
The Tang Dynasty saw the emergence of the military theater, which is the derivation and development of the pre-Qin haiku comical performance. Senjun was originally the name of an official position. According to legend, Zhou Yan, an official who was a senator in the Later Zhao Dynasty, embezzled hundreds of yellow silks. The emperor pardoned him, but ordered a haiku to play him at every banquet, making a mockery of him. The actor who played Zhou Yan was called Senjun, and the actor who played the role of mockery was called Cang Huo [gugu], with Senjun pretending to be demented and stupid, and Cang Huo being witty and flexible. The two performances to Ke Bai-based, a joke [gen], a comic, somewhat like today's comedy. Later, the military theater gradually from simple to complex, and absorbed the song and dance components. Zhao Lin "because of the words recorded" cloud: "Su Zong banquet in the palace, the female You have to get fake official theater, its green Bing Jane, called the military pile." Xue Neng "female concubine poem" cloud: "At this time the poplar flower is like snow, the daughter of the strings and pipes to get the senator." It can be seen that the late military theater has been sung, added to the accompaniment of the strings and pipes and drums, and there are actresses to participate in the performance.
Senjun opera is the main style of theater in the Tang Dynasty, many famous actors emerged. The famous court actors included Huang Hancock, Zhang Yoxu, Li Xianhe, Li Kehe and others. Huang Hancock was known as the "comical hero", y loved by Emperor Xuanzong, "such as one day without seeing, the dragon face for the uncomfortable" (Gao Yanxiu "Tang Que Shi"). Li Kegui was a quick-witted and skillful writer. His "Three Teachings on the balance" using harmonization, string of meanings, taunting Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, the three masters Confucius, Laozi, Shakyamuni, one can not help but laugh. Civilian military theater artists include Cao Shudu, Liu Quan, Zhou Jinan, Zhou Jichong and his wife Liu Caichun. Zhou Jichong and Liu Caichun were from Huaidian, and the couple was good at making sengjun, and their songs were very popular. In the Tang Dynasty, the sengjun opera was so popular that even children could learn to perform it. Li Yishan "proud child poem" cloud: "Suddenly resume learning senjun, according to the sound of the call Cang migratory birds." This can be proved.
The Tang Dynasty song and dance military theater has a far-reaching impact on future generations, followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, although the situation is in turmoil, but a certain generation of a country in a state of relative stability, are to make rituals and music, a hundred theater song and dance to embellish the peace. Especially after the Tang Dynasty Zhuangzong Li Cunxin castrol [xu sequence], like Tang Xuanzong can know the voice of the song, the wind flow of self-appreciation, named "Li world", by later generations of opera artists honored as the God of the opera. Li Cunxin had a close relationship with the actors and actresses, and the "History of the Five Dynasties - Acting Officials" recorded a story between him and Jing Xinmao, a famous actor at that time. Once, when Zhuangzong was playing games with a group of actors and actresses in the courtyard, he looked around and exclaimed, "Li Tianxia! Where is Li Tiantian?" To Xinma hurriedly walked up and gave Zhuangzong a slap on the face. Zhuangzong was shocked and stunned, and all the people around him were very afraid, and they all questioned, "Why did you slap the Son of Heaven?" To the new mill calmly replied, "There is only one Li Tiancheng, he is Li Tiancheng, who else is called?" A sentence to make everyone laugh, Zhuangzong rejoiced, not only did not blame Jing Xinmu, but give him a generous reward.