The Poetic Ideas Of "National Style" And "Poem"

Ritual activities of Zhou Dynasty are a kind of art including song, dance and playing. The Odes plays the role of songs and associates with music and performances. By observing strict procedures in its performance, The Odes on one hand reveal social orders; on the other hand promote social harmony. As country music which is well accept, Guo Feng is responsible for communicating the temple with villages. As Art of Poetry goes,"The Odes reveals purposes, the music reveals emotions and the articles reveal meanings", the artistic and value expression of Guo Feng expressed in ritual activities well illustrate that The Odes reveal purposes.In ritual activities, The Odes, music and performances appear together. In addition to harmonious sounds, different instruments themselves have certain moral meanings. And by combined with performance of The Odes, the competitive activity archery is finished with graceful movements and rhythm of music. As songs, The Odes are plain and rich in tones. In order to prevent words from failing to express meanings, set up beauty images and express reasonable meanings, The Odes employ good images to express reasonable meanings. In this sense, purposes revealed by The Odes can be expressed in various aspects. The purposes of The Odes are different reflections of ritual activities. As songs, Guo Feng is responsible for moral education and reveals filial piety and harmony, loyalty and bravery, respect and the personality of Gentleman. The main purpose of performances of The Odes in Zhou Dynasty is to "view", for it not only allows working people to accept moral, but also helps the upper ruling class to observe their citizens and education."The articles reveal meanings" in The Odes not only refers to beauty of music but also to its moral significance. What’s more, it also refers to verbal techniques with which people are able to express various negative moods without being angry."The music reveals emotions" associates harmony expressed by instruments with emotions. By revealing connotation of ritual activities and promoting people’s spirit, it makes it possible for poetic expression of ritual activities.