Named after
念奴, a famous singer at the court of the Tang emperor Xuanzong. A long pattern of 100 characters, it suits heroic themes, and after the poem by
苏轼 it is also called
大江东去 or
酹江月, from his first and last lines.
毛泽东 used it for 《
念奴娇·
昆仑》 (1935).
