The Study Of Festival Custom Poetry In The Tang Dynasty

Recently,as the culture fever springs up in the academia,the festival custom and the related poetry get increasing attention.This thesis will use the festival custom poetry as the study object,combining the social environment,the mentality and creation cases of the scholars to analyze.The whole passage is divided into three parts.Chapter one is going to examine the festival custom poetry upon the emperor’s order,introducing the basic situation first,and then we will investigate its character,such as the purpose of which is mostly to please the emperor.Furthermore,its content usually express the appreciation and complacent in the heyday by portraying the scenery and the banquet.Chapter two is about the festival custom poetry writing in the poetry gathering of the scholars,besides the background,we conclude that its motive is recording the banquet.That is to say,the theme of which is mainly the happiness of the meeting and the luxury of the outing.There is a carnival culture in the Tang Dynasty to convey the proud of being dignitary.Next,comparing with the festival custom poetry upon the emperor’s order,we can see some minor differences.In chapter three,the festival custom poetry that composed by scholar themselves will be analyzed.In the beginning,it is obvious that the thrive off this kind of poetry is linked with the seriousness of the emperor,the vacation regime,the prosperous leisure facility and abundant vacation activities.Moreover,through inspecting the meaning of this sort poetry,the internal emotion within could be separated into four categories.Firstly,a vivid life awareness,which displayed as the taste and thinking of the destiny and the chasing of life value.Secondly,a strong blood relationship that arranged the loneliness of drifting,the desire of reuniting with the family and the lament of unable to return home.Thirdly,a truly missing for friends.Last but not the least,a thorough feeling that concerned one’s country,which predominantly showed from the homesickness that happened in the turbulent days.