Liangzhou Ci, also known as "Liangzhou Song", is the lyrics of Liangzhou Song, not the title of the poem, but the name of a tune popular in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

"Liangzhou" is the first tune of the Tang Dynasty National Yuefu: it was presented by Guo Zhiyun before the ninth year of Kaiyuan, and belongs to the Hu tribe: it is a big tune, with the modes of Zhenggong, Daodiao and Gaogong; the music style is sad and sad; the musical instruments There are zithers, pipas, Hujia, Qiang flutes, zithers, transverse flutes, shengs and square xiangs; there are dances, which are soft dances; there are many singers, dancers and players; many famous poets have composed lyrics for them; the lyrics have passed Artists entered the Yuefu by selecting poems and putting them into music; it was also a symbol for the descendants of the mid-Tang Dynasty to recall the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

During the Han and Tang Dynasties, Liangzhou was the largest ancient city in northwest my country after Chang'an. It was the former Liang, Houliang, Southern Liang, and Northern Liang during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the capital of Great Liang in the early Tang Dynasty. The capital was once established here, and later became a county, state, and prefecture. It was also a hub for economic and cultural exchanges between the Central Plains and the Western Regions in ancient times, an important pass in the western section of the "Silk Road", a city where Chinese and foreign businessmen gathered, and it once became the center of Buddhism in northern my country.

The household name of "Liangzhou" matches its political, economic and military status at that time, so its popularity is natural.

Artistic value

Liangzhou in Tang poems is rich in content and sincere emotions. Some describe the suffering of war and express patriotism; some express strong homesickness and longing for relatives; Some describe the wonderful natural scenery of the border areas; some show Liangzhou’s unique exotic culture, among which the exotic culture mainly describes Liangzhou’s customs, music and dance, and Liangzhou Buddhism;

Liangzhou The rich content displayed by lyrics (music) is an important part of frontier culture. The style of Liangzhou poetry in the Tang Dynasty is sad and vigorous, mighty and heroic, peaceful and natural. Different artistic styles reflect the different feelings of poets, and also enrich the emotional connotation and historical significance of Liangzhou poetry.

Liangzhou poetry is rich in imagery, including Hujia, 筚篥, pipa and other Hu music images. Because of its distant, desolate and desolate tone, it brings strong sad emotions and bleak mood to the people living in the border areas; Cold images mainly include sand moraine, cold moon, cold wind, cold flowers, cold frost, cold station, cold snow, and cold air. The realistic spirit of Liangzhou poetry leaves us with a real and vivid ancient Liangzhou.