Why is the grassroots called collecting ideas under literary and artistic creation?

Collecting customs refers to the words designated by some lovers in the fields of literature and photography in order to understand the local customs. Collecting folk literature materials is the original intention of collecting folk literature materials, which comes from the word "wind" in the Book of Songs.

In ancient China, the meaning of "collecting wind" mainly refers to collecting wind. Folk songs are a general term, including folk songs and later proverbs. As early as 1000 BC, there were folk songs and proverbs produced in Shang Dynasty in Zhouyi. The Book of Songs, written more than 500 years BC, contains most national styles and a small part of Xiaoya. It is a folk song from the early Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period. They are all collected from the people. Looking through the historical anthology again, it is found that a large part of the stylistic forms of ancient poems and songs are marked with collecting styles. It can be seen that China has a long history of collecting wind.

Finally, I asked Mr. Chen Rui about "collecting folk songs", and his answer gave me a more specific understanding of the word "collecting folk songs". "Talent" means collecting, collecting and sorting out, and "Feng" means "Feng" in ancient "Feng, Ya and Song", also known as "National Feng". There are 15 groups, and "wind" is the general term for music. 15 group is not music from 15 countries, but music from more than a dozen regions. The national wind includes 160 music songs of,, Yi, Wei, Wang, Zheng, Qi, Wei, Tang, Qin, Qian, Chen and Cao. The national wind was a popular local song at that time, with local color. In terms of content, most of them are folk songs. The authors are mostly folk singers, but there are also some nobles.

Through people's different views on "elegance", I also understand "elegance" and "ode" One view is that it refers to the music directly ruled by the Zhou Dynasty, and "elegance" means "righteousness". This kind of music is regarded as "positive tone", which is intended to show the difference from music in other places. It is also said that "Ya" and "Xia" are interlinked, and Xia is the name of the region directly ruled by the Zhou Dynasty. There is also a view that "elegance" refers to elegant music that everyone can understand. Divided into "big teeth" and "Xiaoya". Elegant is mostly the works of court officials and doctors, and a few are folk songs. Its content is almost all about politics, some praise good people and good politics, and some satirize bad politics. There are also poems expressing personal feelings. Ode is a piece of music in which nobles worship ghosts and gods in temples and praise the merits of rulers. Dance should be accompanied when playing. It is divided into Zhou Song, Truffle and Shangsong. In terms of ideological and artistic value, three praises are not as good as two elegance, and two elegance is not as good as fifteen national styles.

By the May 4th New Culture Movement, some scholars introduced folklore from abroad, and the meaning of the word "collecting customs" expanded, generally referring to collecting all folk creations and customs. After liberation, people began to talk about collecting folk oral creations, including myths, legends, ballads, stories, proverbs, sketches, rap and riddles.

In our modern times, the meaning of "collecting ideas" of fashion designers is similar to the above, observing the costumes of all kinds of people in various countries and collecting the characteristics of national costumes in ethnic areas in order to get creative inspiration for fashion design.