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A TikTok-like personalized feed of Tang poetry, based on RecoFeed

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TLDR

I tapped into the RecoFeed to upload the 'Complete Collection of Tang Poems' to the platform. I've created a site that functions like TikTok, but it's specially designed to recommend Tang poetry. Created in ancient China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), this poetry is a cornerstone of Chinese literature, touching on themes from society and nature to history. With RecoFeed, I’ve engineered a private, tailor-made experience for users to discover Tang poetry. The site doesn’t just suggest poems based on interests; it uses AI to break down the poems and bring their essence to life, offering a rich and immersive journey into Tang poetry.

What is Tang poetry?

Tang poetry is a form of ancient Chinese poetry written during the Tang Dynasty era, spanning from 618 to 907 AD. It's a hallmark of Chinese poetry, celebrated for its high artistic quality and esteemed literary status, often described as 'the kingdom of poetry.' These poems delve into a myriad of subjects such as society, life, nature, history, and philosophy, and showcase a variety of themes and styles, including landscape and pastoral poems, frontier and war verses, romantic and plaintive poems, and poems about objects and nostalgia. Notable Tang poets like Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Wang Wei, Wang Changling, and Liu Yuxi are known for their timeless classics. Tang poetry isn’t just a pivotal part of Chinese literary history; it also wields a significant influence in the annals of world literature.

The unique structural features of Tang Dynasty poetry

Tang poetry, a vital component of Chinese literature, is distinguished by several unique structural features:

  1. Variety in Form: It includes a range of styles like regulated verse, quatrains, and ancient-style poems. Regulated verse typically has eight lines of either five or seven characters, adhering to strict tonal and rhyme patterns. Quatrains follow a set rhythm and rhyme in four lines, while ancient-style poetry offers more flexibility in format.
  2. Rich Themes: Tang poetry covers everything from natural scenery and human emotions to societal life and historical reflections, showcasing a tapestry of life and deep thought.
  3. Brevity and Depth: Known for its succinct yet profound language, Tang poetry exemplifies an aesthetic of expressing rich ideas in minimal words, a hallmark of classical Chinese literature.
  4. Vivid Imagery: It's replete with rich symbolism, using natural and cultural elements to convey deeper meanings. For instance, the moon often symbolizes separation or longing.
  5. Rhythmic Harmony: Tang poetry places a premium on rhythm, creating a musical beauty with varying rhymes, tones, and rhythms, evident in both syllabic harmony and overall poetic flow.
  6. Sincere Emotion: The emotions in these poems are heartfelt and profound, whether in praising nature, expressing personal sentiments, or critiquing social issues.
  7. Artistic Craft: It employs sophisticated techniques like metaphors, emotional expression through scenery, and balanced antithesis, elevating the form to a high artistic realm.

Overall, Tang poetry, with its diverse forms, rich content, concise yet meaningful language, abundant imagery, harmonious rhythm, heartfelt emotions, and refined artistry, forms an integral part of Chinese classical literature and has profoundly influenced subsequent generations.

Tang poetry, a vital component of Chinese literature, is distinguished by several unique structural features:

  1. Variety in Form: It includes a range of styles like regulated verse, quatrains, and ancient-style poems. Regulated verse typically has eight lines of either five or seven characters, adhering to strict tonal and rhyme patterns. Quatrains follow a set rhythm and rhyme in four lines, while ancient-style poetry offers more flexibility in format.
  2. Rich Themes: Tang poetry covers everything from natural scenery and human emotions to societal life and historical reflections, showcasing a tapestry of life and deep thought.
  3. Brevity and Depth: Known for its succinct yet profound language, Tang poetry exemplifies an aesthetic of expressing rich ideas in minimal words, a hallmark of classical Chinese literature.
  4. Vivid Imagery: It's replete with rich symbolism, using natural and cultural elements to convey deeper meanings. For instance, the moon often symbolizes separation or longing.
  5. Rhythmic Harmony: Tang poetry places a premium on rhythm, creating a musical beauty with varying rhymes, tones, and rhythms, evident in both syllabic harmony and overall poetic flow.
  6. Sincere Emotion: The emotions in these poems are heartfelt and profound, whether in praising nature, expressing personal sentiments, or critiquing social issues.
  7. Artistic Craft: It employs sophisticated techniques like metaphors, emotional expression through scenery, and balanced antithesis, elevating the form to a high artistic realm.

Overall, Tang poetry, with its diverse forms, rich content, concise yet meaningful language, abundant imagery, harmonious rhythm, heartfelt emotions, and refined artistry, forms an integral part of Chinese classical literature and has profoundly influenced subsequent generations.

What is RecoFeed?

RecoFeed is a tool designed for crafting personalized recommendation streams. It tailors the recommended content – like articles, products, videos, and more – to align with user interests. RecoFeed employs CloseVector, a versatile vector database compatible across various platforms. This database can be downloaded directly onto a user’s device, providing an added layer of data privacy when generating local recommendations.

What have I done?

I’ve integrated the 'Complete Collection of Tang Poems' into RecoFeed, developing a website that provides customized Tang poetry recommendations. This site features:

  1. A tailored Tang poetry experience, dynamically recommending poems based on your interests;
  2. AI-powered interpretation of Tang poetry;
  3. AI reconstruction of the underlying themes and emotions in Tang poetry.

Features

AI-generated categories for initializing user preferences

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With RecoFeed, you can use AI to generate categories for your users. This is useful for initializing user preferences, and for providing a personalized experience from the very first visit. In this example.

Customizable AI actions for your feed

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RecoFeed supports AI actions for your feed. This means that you can use AI to generate content for your users, and to provide them with a personalized experience. In this example, 'Draw' is an AI action that uses OpenAI's Dall-E to generate an image that explains the content of the article. 'Explain' is an AI action that uses OpenAI's GPT-4 to generate explanatory text for the poem.

Recofeed supports Drawing Actions by pipelining Dall-E 3 and GPTs

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RecoFeed supports Drawing Actions by pipelining Dall-E 3 and GPTs. This means the users can draw an image without inputting any text, and the AI will generate a image that fit the text.

Help your users better understand your content with AI assistance

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Tang poetry can be difficult to understand, especially for non-native speakers. With RecoFeed, you can use AI to help your users better understand your content. In this example, the AI explains the content of the poem, and provides a translation in English.

  1. Configurable content layout for your cached AI responses
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RecoFeed supports configurable content layout for your cached AI responses. This means that you can customize the layout of your content, and provide a personalized experience for your users.

Recommendations and user preferences processed locally on the device

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RecoFeed processes recommendations and user preferences locally on the device.

Instant re-recommendation based on user preferences

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RecoFeed supports instant re-recommendation based on user preferences. This happens when the user changes their preferences, including liking or disliking an article, or changing their category preferences.

Recofeed is a Progressive Web App that you can add to your home screen

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RecoFeed is a Progressive Web App that you can add to your home screen. This means that you can use RecoFeed just like a native app on your device, and access it from your home screen.

How to check it out

You can experience it by visiting HERE.