Study On Tang Poetry And The Western Regions Culture

This paper shows a study on Tang poetry from the point of view of culture. Based on the researches of some important phenomenon of the Western Regions Culture, we explore how Tang poetry accepted the infection of the Western Regions Culture in the poetic realm.The article falls into six parts.The first part reviews all the research about the relationship of Tang poetry and the Western Regions Culture in the last 100 years and draws such an inclusion that the emphases of this study must be transferred from phenomenon to process and relationship.The second part discusses two essential preconditions on which the course how Tang poetry accepted the infection of the Western Regions Culture relies. Opening situation of Tang society and Tang poetry gives poets a huge mind. And the management of the western regions by Tang dynasty offers poets more chances to realize the Western Regions Culture.As the hardcore of this paper, the following three parts discuss the relationship of Tang poetry and history- geography culture, dance-music culture and folk-custom culture of the western regions. "The road of the western regions of Tang poetry" is the kerneled view of the third part. The phrase "Loulan" and "luntai" appear in Tang poetry at high frequency to express a special emotion between Han dynasty and Tang dynasty. Instrumental music culture and dancing culture of the western regions impress obvious and deep mark upon the Tang poetry. Some important classic themes such as "Wangzhaojun married Hun", "Caiwenji came back from Hun" and "Gongwuduhe" are maintain a close contact with Pipa, Hujia and Konhou. Facing the popularity of Huteng-dance, huxuan-dance and Zhezhi-dance, Tang poets express their conflictory attitude. When all kinds of folk-custom culture from the westem regions become fashion at society of Tang dynasty, only grape and wine culture are enjoyed by poets. The character of drinking folk-custom culture from the western regions are infatuated, unconstraint and on the binge. These characters are consistent with Tang Poetry.The last part discusses the macroscopical relationship between Tang poetry and the Western Regions Culture. The Western Regions Culture develop the visual field of Tang poets. Plentiful poems of the famous poets such as Libai, Censhen and Baijuyi prove this view. The complex, confusional and opening character of the Western Regions Culture play an important role in the course of the style of Tang Poetry forming. As a result, Tang Poetry is well-known of its strange, powerful and overstating style.