The Neishang Yuyi: A Tang Dynasty Music and Dance Art Associated with the Silk Road

The poet Bai Juyi wrote in The Song of Eternal Hatred: "The drums of fishing and sunshine move the ground, breaking the song of the Neishang Yuyi (The Neishang and the Feathered Garments)." The Nishang Yuyi has always been entangled with the fate of the Tang Dynasty and its characters, and if it is based on music and dance alone, it is difficult to penetrate so far into history, and what the future generations really can't forget is the history and the plot behind the Nishang Yuyi.

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The Tang Dynasty is one of the richest period of ancient music and dance, the poet Bai Juyi's poem wrote: "thousands of songs and dances can not be counted, on the most favorite Nishang dance," in the Tang Dynasty countless works of music and dance, "Nishang Yuyi" has always been at the top of the list. After the Tang Dynasty, "Neishang Yuyi" has been passed down continuously, and even on the stage of modern China, music and dance works under the name of "Neishang Yuyi" still appear from time to time. Nishang Yuyi" can become a masterpiece of music and dance in the Tang Dynasty, which is inseparable from the exchanges between Chinese and Western music and dance on the ancient Silk Road, "Nishang Yuyi" is the combination of "Hu music" and "Chinese music". Nishang Yuyi" has been passed down for a long time, and the reasons for this are manifold. In addition to the effect and influence of the combination of "Hu music" and "Chinese music", the artistic realm of this music and dance, as well as the historical connotations that the music and dance eventually condense, are the reasons for it to be passed down through time and space, and to be remembered by future generations. The reason for this is that it will be remembered by future generations through time and space.

Creation and performance

The Neishang Yuyi was created during the reign of Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty. The Neishang Yuyi has been recorded in official history, other histories, miscellaneous records, and poems. From a synthesis of historical materials, it seems that the Nishang Yuyi is a combination of the Brahmin Songs presented by the Western Liang provincial ministers and local Taoist music. In some poems and commentaries, it is also mentioned that Emperor Ming Huang of the Tang Dynasty climbed an immortal mountain called Niji Mountain and made a wish to seek immortality, and after his return, he named the music and dance "Nishang Yuyi" (Neishang Yuyi). Tianbao four years in the ceremony of enthronement of Yang Guifei, played the "Nishang Yuyi", and then Yang Guifei dance "Nishang" was known as "can cover the previous ancient" of the unsurpassed, from then on, the "Nishang Yuyi" will be the reputation of the rise.