China's longest poem

China's longest poem is the epic Biography of King Gesar, which is also the longest epic in the world. Up to now, 6.5438+0.5 million lines have been included, exceeding 6.5438+0.5 million words.

King Gesar is the longest heroic epic ever discovered in the world. It is not only a melting pot of ethnic cultural diversity, but also a witness to the sustainable development of multi-ethnic folk culture.

The Biography of King Gesar was produced and developed on the rich basis of ancient Tibetan myths and legends, poems and proverbs. It provided valuable primitive social forms and rich materials, represented the highest achievement of ancient Tibetan culture, and was also a visualized ancient Tibetan history.

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Origin:

The text of King Gesar originated in the historical period when the ancient Tibetan clan society began to disintegrate and the slave state power gradually formed, that is, between 200 BC and 300 BC and the 6th century AD.

After the establishment of the Tubo dynasty (from the beginning of the seventh century to the ninth century), it further developed; The period of the collapse of the Tubo dynasty was a period of great social turmoil and great change in Tibet, that is, the historical period of the transition from slavery to feudal serfdom in Tibet (from the tenth century to the beginning of the twelfth century), which was widely spread, perfected and matured day by day.

1 1 Around the century, with the revival of Tibetan Buddhism in Tibetan areas, Tibetan monks began to intervene in the compilation, collection and dissemination of the Biography of King Gesar. The basic framework of the epic Gesar began to take shape, and the earliest manuscript appeared.

The compilers, collectors and disseminators of manuscripts are mainly monks of Ma Ning (commonly known as the Red Sect), and some of them are Tibetan scientists who compiled and copied the Biography of King Gesar, which was originally called "Tibetan Manuscripts".

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-biography of king Gesar