A Study Of Urban Ci In Tang And Song Dynasties

After the Anshi Rebellion,the collapse of the Fang Wall and the enhancement of the commodity economy promoted the continuous development of the city.In the Song Dynasty,the civil society without barriers was completely formed.With the prosperity of the city,the style of Ci also came into being.Urban life not only provides new content for the Ci,but also has an impact on the writers.The poets are contradictory in the city.On the one hand,they enthusiastically embrace the daily life of the city.Urban scenery,festivals and customs,daily singing and dancing,banquets and social communication have become the important contents of their new life.On the other hand,the city full of the atmosphere of citizens always makes them have a sense of disobedience,with the difficulty of self-identity,as well as the loneliness and uneasiness of being unable to integrate into the city.The urban development during the Tang and Song Dynasties was the background for the prosperity of urban Ci.In the Tang and Song Dynasties,the expansion of the number of cities,the free and flexible urban pattern and the development of commercial economy provided the material basis for the development of urban Ci.The prosperity of urban Ci is based on the development of the city.The rise of public entertainment places and the social atmosphere of enjoyment in Tang and Song dynasties also promoted the prosperity of urban Ci.At the same time,the entertainment characteristics of the style itself and the production mode of banquet singing and dancing also made city Ci develop continuously.As the main body of creation,the writers also regard the city as the stage for them to realize their political ideal.At the same time,the daily life of the city provides important content for the new life of the writers.With the ups and downs of official circles,the writers are always tossing and turning between the city’s entry and departure.Facing the same urban landscape,the writers have different expressions of urban Ci and poetry.Urban scenery,daily banquets,festival customs and social communication are all important contents of urban life.Under the same type of urban landscape description,the expression of urban Ci shows the characteristics of popularity,entertainment,eroticism,utility and so on.Compared with the literati’s elegance or avoidance of urban life in traditional poetry,urban Ci is the most enthusiastic embrace of the literati to the city.In contrast to social custom and literati’s psychology,the characteristics of urban Ci are the poet’s choice in real city life.In addition to embracing urban life,the writers also have anxiety in urban life.The writers stand on the difference between the urban words dominated by the real urban environment and the traditional poetry dominated by the historical and rural environment,resulting in the universal anxiety of urban survival:the anxiety of self-identity,the anxiety of indulgence,the anxiety of being isolated "the other".Whether living in the city or traveling in various cities,the writers always wander between accepting and moving away from the city.