On the lyrics of pop songs and classic traditional culture

Editor’s note: With the development of today’s pop music, many people may take the initiative to associate pop music with traditional culture and feel that the two This is an unrelated matter, but the lyric creation of classical poetry and modern pop music actually has an indelible source of development. Popular songs are used to learn the words and sentence themes to create and lay the emotional grasp of modern pop music. The creators of the words have used a lot of good to carry forward the essence of classical poetry, making it a popular fast food spirit; the thought and learning of classical poetry , which will be a theme of pop song lyrics that cannot be discarded.

Chinese pop music has gone through half a century of ups and downs. Chinese pop songs were popular in Shanghai and other major cities in the 1930s and 1940s, after the establishment of New China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Since the reform and opening up of the mainland, the mainland has gradually moved northward and returned to the mainland after "immigration" and it is "still Holding the "Partial Cover" to today's "Catching Kyushu Breakthrough" It can be said that as a songwriter, poetry and music wall music style and the main form of pop culture, pop music has not only become an important source for the majority of people. The spiritual food of the masses has become an integral part of modern and contemporary literature. “National cultural and artistic means are the product of modern science and technology, creating conditions for the infinite expansion of commodities in the cultural field. Culture and art are no longer independent artistic creations; they are subject to market supply and demand. "[1]Pop songs are so popular that they are products of market share. However, people do not accept pop music as an art, but accept it as one of their own cultural etiquette lines to stop life, tangible and intangible life, There are likes and dislikes, based on one's own inner nature, artificial election guidelines or strong termination, and it is not easy to change their choices. Therefore, you don't quite recognize the authority, and don't think too much about it, just admit your feelings directly. [2 ] Therefore, perhaps not many people will take the initiative to connect this mass-market spiritual fast food with classical poetry. They will think that these are two completely unrelated things, just like the surging river water in the ocean and the snow that has accumulated for a thousand years. The peak is also far from the peak, but like the surging river, it actually comes from the melting of thousands of years of snow. In fact, the lyric creation of classical poetry and modern pop music also has an indelible source of development. This article intends to explore the relationship between current popular music and classical poetry.

The relationship between pop music and classical poetry

Pop music serves as an example of popular fast food in today’s society, and more and more people will be willing to accept it. Alien Czech writer Milan Kundera: “It must be recognized that the aesthetic flattery of mass media wins the attention of most people and it inevitably becomes the aesthetic of kitsch with the aesthetics of mass media kitsch permeating our day-to-day aesthetics And morality surrounds our entire life. "[3] This may be the mainstream of our society. However, the popularity of pop music has a huge part. Our traditional classical poetry is closely related and has become a new force in pop music. This seems to make it far away from kitsch. We know that classical poetry is deep and penetrates into every minute of life. It is only very open in daily life. Classical poetry is inherently before the classics flourish. The only difference is the previous text. The more caught the panels, the more seams, the more open and expansive the text form becomes, and it's likely that popular music and classical poetry are so closely linked. The combination of pop music and classical poetry generally has the following types:

(1) Directly inspired pop songs

Titles of classical poetry and titles that refer to famous pop songs , or famous classical poems as lyrics, classical poems with short and deep titles and expressions can appropriately convey moods and emotions, which is also very suitable for pop music songs that require concise lyrics. Classical poetry has a high aesthetic value, and its starting point is due to the so-called aesthetic value, which must be humanized and meet people's aesthetic needs, which is determined by the value of property in the United States. "[5] The lyricist also wanted to borrow the aesthetic value of classical poetry.

Examples of this include Liu Haibo's "Human Face Peach Blossom" (red lips are excited because of the hazy smile, the sadness in his eyes, the passing years, forgotten memories, love and spring), Xue "Beauty" (Looking and searching, desolate, desolate and sad. Become warm again, the most difficult rate. Drinking all the wine, how can the wind come late in the enemy's night? Goose is also sad, but it is an old acquaintance), Ah Xin The band's "War Yangzhou Road Chen" "Looking for you back in the dim light", the Tang Dynasty band's "Dream Back to Tang Dynasty", "Moon Dream" and so on, these lyrics are just one of the famous quotes borrowed from classical poetry or, in fact There are not many related original poems, but it shows the close relationship between modern pop music and classical poetry that is inextricably linked and confusing. What comes directly is pop music.

(2) From the shape of popular music to the shape of the word

"From the shape of Sikong image", he mentioned the artistic method of "like" poetry" and the charming landscape poetry. The creation has its own characteristics, including the so-called "shape", which is not bound by the shape; like "vivid, too similar to the shape" is a popular saying. is to focus on the vivid artistic conception of poetry, where we can learn from pop music, and extract its charm from classical poetry. What we talked about above is directly based on the pop music of classical poetry, in fact, in addition to that. , there are many popular songs that draw their charm from classical poetry. They do not have the original lines or titles of classical poetry, but draw the essence of classical poetry.

<. p>, literature has always focused on knowledge, so I suggest that the majority of artistic interests are pinned on an image, or the taste is not independent from the image. "[6] Many modern people are interested in art. Popular music composers also hope to borrow some allusions or content from classical poetry, expand it or its interpretation of ideas, and then show a modern emotional story to broaden their own creativity. These are the two most prominent people, Qiong Yao from Taiwan, and many of her The lyrics like to borrow a famous classical poem, such as "Only the eyebrows are lowered, but our hearts are", "How deep is the courtyard", "The green hills are still there, the sunset is red several times, she usually works hard, the image of a classical and graceful woman" It is very consistent, but also very consistent with the various images she creates, the poetic and otherworldly look of the school. Mainland Chen Xiaoqi, he is the leader of the mainland singer Lingnan School of Painting. He has a considerable reputation. Influenced by the "The Sound of the Waves Are Still" trilogy, "Stay the Same" (Good Morning), "Deep in the White Clouds" (Liao Baowei) and "Bashan Night Rain" (Li Jin), the singles have been inextricably linked and Ancient poetry. Mao Ning's famous "remains unchanged", organically combining its wonderful traditional classical poetry with the emotional words of modern love feelings. Is a masterpiece for young and old, the famous Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ji's "Night Mooring on Maple Bridge": "The moon is setting, crows are crying, the sky is full of frost, the river maple fishing fire is worried about sleeping. The maple tree is ringing at midnight to the passenger ship." The poet caught the live broadcast "Moonset and crow's cry", "Fishing Boat", "Bell", "Passenger Ship" specific scenes, passengers staying overnight on board sleepless nights, desolate and deserted scenes. The author of "The Sound of the Waves Remains" also firmly grasped these important words, quoting The wonderful artistic conception of classical poetry gives them a profound meaning, expresses ideological membership and coordinates well, leaving lovers with the hope that although the themes of classical poetry and pop songs are far apart, there is an emotional similarity to classical pop music. Poetry reference. "People in the Deep White Clouds", "People in the Deep White Clouds", "Mountain Walk" by Du Mu, "Sitting at the intersection facing the setting sun, Deep in the White Clouds, your home, you said you like this maple leaf scenery, in fact, "This frost leaf is not the flower of the year" (Stop and sit in love with the maple at night, the frost leaf is red in February flowers), "Car you will get your mind, pictures, roll up this piece of autumn why you are miserable, find your spring and summer "," Doesn't the car break this moment? A song that makes your heart dumb.

Later, he wrote "Fireworks in March" "Zhao Yun Muyu" (Wu Diqing Concert), and "Good Morning" "Big Waves in the Sand" (the moonlight under the neon lights bathes on your shoulders, and your face cannot be seen, woven through the years) Internet, are you willing to accompany me back in time), he is the most important mainland songwriter in ancient times, like the most famous allusions after interpretation and induction in ancient poetry, and the combination of modern emotional lyrics, forming a unique Chen style, and set an example in the creation of popular music, but he mainly introduced personal feelings, which is the mainstream of modern pop music.

In addition to learning correct personal feelings and identification with national identity, Feng Xiaoquan is. It is representative because he himself is studying the origin of national musical instruments and has a strong interest in the country's culture. Rooted in his words, he uses more classical poetry allusions or famous mostly classical poetry to create an atmosphere, showing a bold Expressing a feeling and emphasizing a kind of social responsibility and national feelings, "Chinese folk custom" ("picking up a glass of wine in the morning and evening, lonely people are more familiar with the intoxicating smile after the wind and rain. Have you ever inserted a chrysanthemum?" "Full head"), as well as the long autumn sky, we can also take the fire-proof Daolang. His songs and classical poems are not very clear, but people first think of the Tang Dynasty frontier fortress. The Tang Dynasty poetry best embodies the modern style of the Tang Dynasty frontier fortress poems. When it comes to the frontier poetry school, people always think of the hot-blooded men in the sand, full of wonders and some absolute domain views, as well as the sons and daughters of the border guards and the men who have no one's indomitable spirit and soul-stirring tenderness, and more. Reflecting a kind of romantic heroic sentiment, the miraculous conditions on the border were so bad that he made it so beautiful and spectacular that it is difficult to feel that the American spirit was absorbed by the so-called positive spirit of the Tang Dynasty. Mood from classical poetry to national identity.

These are good examples of contemporary pop music's reference to the mood and atmosphere of classical poetry

2. Understand the language style of classical poetry. Form, or application or imitation

Style and form of classical poetry and the creation of modern pop music, on the one hand, make the words inherit the concise expression method of traditional poetry language and restrained style; on the other hand, there is undoubtedly a preconception A quick way to express the theme, whether it represents the emotions of sons and daughters, or national identity, or other content, classical poetry often has a concentration of language and emotion, which will add a lot of unforgettable The space and artistic conception have long charm.

Let’s take a look at the style reference, represented by Hong Kong. The creation of Hong Kong pop music has always been a very strange phenomenon, referring to all the natural and This piece of the most modern life rhythm hook is influenced by external factors, because Hong Kong is deep and fast food culture is very popular. For a while, many singers' work was directly on the spectrum of the most popular songs in the United States and Japan. Chinese characters, but the penetration of classical poetry into the Hong Kong music scene is obviously beyond the mainland and Taiwan. I think this may also be implicated in the popular classical martial arts dramas and historical dramas. On the other hand, the penetration of Cantonese culture-oriented characters written in Guangdong is more Dialect words and sentences, lyricism, and Cantonese are very similar to the vernacular language. Therefore, many classical lyricists often combine vulgarity and elegance to form their own style. However, it must also be admitted that many Hong Kong songwriters have their ancient cultural heritage. Being quite profound, their work can see the use of many allusions and even the writing style of classical poetry, creating norms.

In addition to the references in style, there is a good reference in the form of popular music and classical poetry. Taiwanese writing puts more emphasis on modern writing, and pays more attention to romantic lyricism, but it also produces a lot of old poetry as the main material. The most prominent one, I think is Qiong Yao, she uses the old code of poetry to express romance with children. love.

As pop music and classical poetry are inextricably related to today’s fast food culture there are countless examples, we have listed a few, but it illustrates how pop music and classical poetry are cut and confused Well connected, there are many examples in the back and we can explore the deeper relationships.

The conscious era of the integration of poetry and music

The relationship between pop music and classical poetry has long been discussed. Ancient Chinese said: "Poetry expresses ambitions and songs speak forever, and sound is based on forever. "Law and Sound." In "The Book of Songs", it is precisely poetry and music that are closely connected. Said, "Three Hundred Poems, Confucius is its music." ("Three Hundred Poems" refers to the "Book of Songs", which led to today's Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, and Hubei). In fact, our early classical Poetry, lyrics and music are inseparable, and the "poetry" mentioned above was only gradually separated from music after the Spring and Autumn Period. It is believed that poetry is used to express wishes (although this issue has been debated by some at times). People think that "poetry" is used to express emotions, that is, what we are talking about is about the lyrical qualities of poetry. Some people even think that it is to express "poetic emotions" to express a meaning, but this does not affect popular music. and classical poetry), it is an ideology, our historical poetics "Mountain Plan" (Qing Dynasty), which later formed a systematic theory of poetry and had a profound impact on the ability of classical poetry to enter popular music. The ranks and gradually developed until today it has become a popular fast food indispensable in modern life. To pop music, classical poetry is not only really like being derided as "the emperor", but also allows people to experience emotions in addition to relaxed entertainment. And the perception of life reveals life, this is a fact. "Culture has become popular, and the distance between high culture and popular culture, pure literature and popular literature is disappearing. ... In short, the culture of postmodernism has a specific cultural field that has expanded from the past and entered people's daily life A consumer product in "[8] The combination of pop music and classical poetry, it has also become a popular spiritual consumer product.

Pop music has naturally become the spokesperson of modern life, especially those related to classic poetry. Pop music is connected to culture and life, tradition and modernity. It has developed into our public spirit. Fast food is now, whether you like it or not, it has penetrated into every corner of our lives, whether actively or passively, you accept it or not, in fact, it has become a culture (although it is more widely known as pop culture) , also serves as an advocate of life, from the role of life, in this regard, it complements and is similar to classical poetry, not to mention that it contains a creative lyrics, which inevitably has a conscious blend with poetry. In a certain sense, lyrical writing is also a poetic writing, which belongs to the category of poetry and can also be related to the same language and culture, as well as its origin as classical poetry must have a certain connection.

Theme and content

(1) The expression of classical poetry The theme and content reference of the expression of classical poetry in popular music not only enrich the space of popular music, but also study the grasp of popular music lyrics Culture, to a certain extent, enriches the performance of pop music and raises the level of popular songs. In the final analysis, artistic production reflects the dynamics of social life, social subjects, values, cultural components, and even the political stance of life experience and other factors. It reflects the key work in the aesthetic sense, making the imprint of personal tendencies in artistic production marked only by social thought. Base. , music can play a supporting role in political, educational, religious and other social activities at different levels. In fact, poetry of any age, poetry rather than emotional themes, as a sociologist said, lovesickness, nostalgia, and homesickness become "the three themes with the highest repetition rate." [11] However, people of different ages, in The way and content of emotional expression are often very different, and the content of life in each era is not unrelated to the social standards of people.

Thousands of years of feudal culture in China have attracted more attention to the country's investment, family, and society. The knowledge surrounding Air China and the mountains and rivers of the motherland are endlessly spectacular in classical poetry, which you must read, such as the defeated country/city Spring vegetation students "This kind of obsession and emotion, or the peach blossoms in Fangfei Mountain Temple begin to bloom in April" or "The world where life is full of joy, let a golden bottle stand in the sky", or "The bird's place is the tree beside the pond" , "The realm of "The monk knocks on the door, toasting to the bright moon," "personal sentimentality to the three people," once the sea is in trouble, "life epiphany of literary figures such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, mountains and rivers, except Wushan is not Yun" , or descriptions of personal successes or failures, as well as personal emotional stuff, but carefully cover up relatively few songs with more personal emotional descriptions, but most of them he'd better be as subtle as possible, like writing parting, only Holding hands and looking at each other's tearful eyes, I don't even know what chokes me with my longing. Not only can I search for it, but it is deserted, miserable, and miserable. The two of them are in love. At most, they are looking forward to "the golden wind and jade dew will win over countless people in the world once they meet." I can only sigh "if the two are long, day and night, now society's blessings, emotional attitudes, more open and personal things are paying more and more attention and attention, and many works are popularized to describe personal feelings, and the language is direct and frank Said that their first time "love at first sight can not be forgotten", and then "for this day, last night I think you can't sleep", such as meeting, love will always ask, "Am I the one you love" and do not want to go, How to make accommodation, sudden change of feelings, not even "fourth" breakup will say, on the one hand, loudly ask: "Why do you love me behind my back?" In the end, only in the face of the silent ending of "breakup, breakup, let alone unforgettable, but "I don't know why I always want to break up," but I'm scared of these things, even romantic ones. Li Yu said that he just thought about it and mentioned that he didn't dare.

Above we talked about the theme and content of classical poetry in pop music. In addition to referencing a large number of materials in this classical poetry, popular songs also refer to source water, and the rivers of pop songs become the vitality of life and flourish.

(2) Popular music and classical poetry writing methods provide a reference

Chinese culture is a modern pop writing style of songs that is in the same line, and it is still inevitable to draw or apply or imitate ancient poetry. The language format and style create a modern pop song with the form of classical poetry. On the one hand, it inherits the concise language of traditional poetry and makes the words implicit and restrained. On the other hand, the theme of expression is undoubtedly a preconceived shortcut, whether it is In the sense of the identity of the country, or the emotional meaning of children, there is also what is often used in language. Classical poetry is rich in emotion, which will add a lot of unforgettable charm to the space and artistic conception, and well match the requirements of popular songs and singing. Kant once said that the highest template, the prototype of appreciation, is just a concept, and it must come out of everyone's own heart...The ideal means a line and the concept of self-representation[12] Although beautiful Concepts of people's spiritual life, but most importantly products of literary and artistic works can evoke beautiful people. It is a law that can arouse people's awareness of beauty, special literature and artistic creation itself. In ancient times, "Xing", "Viewpoint", "Group", and "Resentment" said reasons, poetic nature, and the respect for poetry does not lie in the quality of Xing words. Needless to say, the reason is that the WINS service is moving towards " . (Mao Supplementary Preface) The characteristic of classical poetry is that it can use visual methods to reflect the romance of life as its main content, and pay attention to the beauty of rhythm and artistic conception, which are the basic necessities of poetry creation. , often more than metaphors, the creation of modern songs, for example, there are too many to mention, for example, "Love is like a green olive, a metaphor for the image of olive snatching love, bitter aftertaste in the heart, this is the true feeling of love: with sourness and bitterness sweet. "Like fog, like rain, like you. I like fog, like rain and like wind. It comes and goes, leaving nothing next to it. You are like fog, like rain, and like me. My heart turns with you. "Love life , the feeling of loving each other is an abstract and intangible thing, which is difficult to say.

The composer's figurative connections allow the audience to experience specific feelings through the hazy fog, the rain comes quickly, the fog disappears, the rain and wind emergencies, without a trace of wind and clouds covering the fog and the elusive feeling. Another example of grasping feelings is "Lack is like a river", "Loneliness is like a screen, the screen is all your sadness, like a huge network, meshing my heart, longing is like a river, you can not stay, don't look back. "This is loneliness, sadness, the idea is some psychological phenomenon in the field of consciousness, a visual metaphor, becoming visible, the songwriter's deep sense of loneliness and deep sadness missed the cut 11 vividly on the paper, sincerely thanking them for their emotions, wiping away tears

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Another example is "Missing Home". "It's very sweet. Hometown Moon caresses my head. Homesickness is very beautiful. Hometown Willow." Holding my hand, I don’t sleep when I feel homesick, and a touch of nostalgia melts into my arms. “Family makes people feel warm, and monthly family members also like the words that are more intimate and understanding,” Liu said. People, angry people's will, therefore have a lot of homesickness, Quanzhou, it is full of thoughts

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Heng, "stamp" buy a stamp, Paste it in my heart, want to have such a return to my hometown, the humid ocean, when the sun is shining so I can't see clearly, where I live. "This is a loving home with complicated feelings wandering in a foreign land, but there is no objective reality here. It is an emotional illusion, poetic. People seem to like letters with stamps in the post office and can return home, which arouses strong feelings. The aesthetic illusion, Between reality and illusion, it enjoys a wide range of aesthetic illusions, and a larger space, and more beautiful enjoyment of the lyrics. The "sunny" emotional word itself is a visual storm experience, and the audience feels joy in everything. To contemplate the word's lyrical protagonist with a new look, he hopes to no longer have tears in his eyes, but to enter into the situation, emotions, and thus feel the charm and novelty of the beauty of the language and the aesthetic pleasure

Although Subsequently, the way of classical poetry creation in modern song creation began to develop. However, classical poetry and modern pop songs are, after all, products of different eras. After all, they show the characteristics of language and content of different eras, and accept different time standards for appearance and judgement. .

Third, the current popular music and classical poetry blend with each other.

We say that literature reflects the life there, so any cultural form must reflect real life for a period of time. , reflecting a specific era, because we talk about the characteristics of classical poetry, rather than what is usually called, because they reflect the characteristics of popular music in different eras. They are obviously products of this era, unlike the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. Different from the previous two, it has a more obvious difference, which is very rarely compared with the activation of them together. Popular music and classical poetry interact with each other, which is manifested in the following two aspects:

(1) The instant pop music of classical poetry is called the "Philosophy of Gold" by the ancients. This is a creative method. Ancient times can ask and truly cultivate all things. Incorporating the ancient sayings into calligraphy and writing is like a golden elixir. "The so-called "Alchemy" needs to be re-cultivated and cast by the ancient poet "Chen Yan", and then used by me to enlighten my own work. [13] This is Huang Tingjian's poetics The content of the influence is said to be the pinnacle achievement of Tang poetry. The themes and emotions of Tang poetry are almost all-encompassing. The use of rhetorical techniques has reached perfection. He also proposed a positive reference for the language art of poetry. He said: "The most difficult thing is to make yourself The language of Lao Du's poems is about retreat, and there are no words to place it. There are few readers introduced later, so Han and Du are familiar with this language. Therefore, the article, I can really shape things like the ancients Chen Yan and Han Mo, like the panacea gold. "Huang Tingjian created a successful "Alchemy" and innovated on the basis of reference, such as "The incident of Jing Jiangting's illness, eight out of ten: "Searching behind closed doors for a sentence without yourself, the passenger brushed Qin Shaoyou. Isn't it true that I don't know how to have enough food and clothing? West Wind Blowing tears in Gutengzhou.

"[16] And efforts should be made to understand poetry, which is a very concise and precise language. There is no room for misunderstanding and suspicion in every word, but people have endless associations and then become a successful songwriter. This is also A combination of classical poetry and popular songs.