国风

國風
guófēng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 traditional Chinese aesthetic style
  2. 2 Guofeng (the 'Airs of the States' section of the Book of Songs)
  3. 3 national customs

Examples

Zhè shǒu gē rónghé le liúxíng hé guófēng yuánsù.
This song blends pop with traditional Chinese style elements.
Shījīng zhōng de Guófēng shì mínjiān gēyáo de jíhé.
The 'Guofeng' in the Book of Songs is a collection of folk ballads.

Tips

culture
Two layers of meaning: classically, 国风 is the first and largest section of the 《诗经》 (Shijing, c. 11th-7th century BCE), 160 folk songs from fifteen vassal states. In modern usage (especially since around 2015), 国风 also names a youth aesthetic movement of music, fashion, and games drawing on Han-Chinese visual heritage — see the rise of brands like 故宫文创 and singers like .
history
The Han scholar Zheng Xuan classified the 《国风》 songs as the voice of the common people, contrasting with 《》 (court poetry) and 《》 (ritual hymns). This three-way split shaped two thousand years of Chinese literary criticism.

Stroke Order

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