The ancient music of offering sacrifices to Confucius in Liuyang Confucian Temple originated from the ancient Shaole, which was modified and enriched on the basis of the ancient music. It has the characteristics of Liuyang, so it is also called "Liuyang Ancient Music". It is used to worship Confucius, the founder of Confucian culture. Formally, it integrates music, dance and ceremony. Music and dance activities have lasted for more than 200 years, with profound cultural heritage and far-reaching historical influence.
In the ninth year of Qing Daoguang (1829), Du Jinjian, the magistrate of Liuyang County, wrote a letter to promote music and invited Qiu Zhikui, the county supervisor, to teach ancient music. It took many years to make a complete set of ancient musical instruments through various methods, and then a ceremony and music bureau was built through fund-raising to recruit students aged 13, so music, dance and music were integrated.
The combination of literature and martial arts, singing and singing, has nearly 200 musicians, which can be described as eight tones playing in unison and dancing. The scene is grand. Musicians and dancers wear blue shirts, cloud towels and gifts. During the reign of Xianfeng and Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan sent people to Liuyang to hire Qiu Gushi's son Qiu and others to teach music. Soon, people from Heilongjiang, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Shandong and other places sent people to learn music, and the sacrificial movement of Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong Province also adopted Liuyang ancient music score.
In the 15th year of Guangxu (1889), Minister Weng Tonghe presented Qiu Zhi's "Rhyme Collection" to the court audience. At the same time, Assistant Minister Ceng Jize 1 invited Qiu Zhi's "Rhyme Collection" to the ancestral temple in Xiangxiang, making Liuyang ancient music famous all over the world. Since then, it has been called "Liuyang National Music Ancient Ceremony".