Yangchunbaixue initially referred to the more elegant, artistic and difficult songs of Chu during the Warring States period, while Xiali Baren referred to the songs popularized by the folk of Chu during the Warring States period.

Yangchunbaixue originally came from the ancient literary work Chu Rhetoric - Li Sao, meaning bright spring scenery and pure snow. In this long poem, the poet expresses his longing for the life in exile and his desire for freedom by depicting the natural scenery.

The term "country bumpkin" originally came from the poem "The Autumn Night Will Dawn at the Gate of a Hedge to Welcome the Coolness" by the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu, which describes the scene of ordinary people in a countryside. The term was later also used to describe ordinary and simple country people, representing a rustic, simple and unpretentious lifestyle.

These two words have been widely quoted and used in later cultural heritage, and have become common words to express cultural emotions and describe life scenes.

The Interpretation of Yangchun and Baixue in Ancient Culture

Yangchun and Baixue were not widely known before the state of Chu, and it was only in the state of Chu that they were sung through the famous singer and dancer of Chu, Mo Chou Nü (莫愁女), with the help of Song Yu (宋玉) and Qu Yuan (屈原). There is an old saying that "the song is high, and its harmony is low," which actually illustrates the difference between yangchunbaixue and xilibaren, because yangchunbaixue is the sound of elegance and justice, and xilibaren is the sound of the countryside.

But in fact both are indispensable style in the history of music development, just like today a song will be less people do not mean that the song is not good, and will be more people can not mean that the song is not good, can not simply with the singing of a wide range of whether to judge the song is good or bad.