Yan music in Sui and Tang Dynasties is the general name of popular music gathered in the court to meet the needs of the ruling class, which includes the music of Han and ethnic minorities, Chinese and foreign music. From seven tunes in the early Sui Dynasty to ten tunes in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, including Yan Music, Yue Music, Xiliang Music (named as the "national geisha" in the northern Zhou Dynasty in the early Sui Dynasty), Gaochang Music, Qiuci Music, Shule Music, Guo Kangle, Anguo Music, Tianzhu Music and Koryo Music.
There are many kinds of songs and songs in the drum music system, such as Funan, Baekje, Turkic, Silla, Japanese, Nanzhao, Xianbei, Tuguhun and Ji, which are rich and colorful.
As mentioned above, most of these ten pieces of music were introduced to the mainland from the middle of the 4th century. However, it is only after the reunification of the country that the economic and cultural exchanges and international exchanges between all ethnic groups in China have been greatly strengthened and sufficient conditions have been obtained for further enrichment, mutual promotion and improvement.
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Ancient pentatonic scale
I. Connotation
〈 ZH ǐ Five sound levels are public, business, angle, right and right. In pre-Qin period, pentatonic scale was the basic scale of all kinds of music, and pentatonic scale was the basic scale of all kinds of scales. Sometimes, in order to express special feelings, singers or musicians will add some changes to the five levels, thus forming six or seven levels. The pentatonic scale corresponds to the ancient five elements.
The five elements of traditional Chinese medicine correspond to the five internal organs, so ancient music is also considered as medicine by doctors. Through effective vocalization, the corresponding visceral functions can be exercised through meridians. Therefore, the relationship between music and health was highly valued in ancient times.
Second, the time of appearance.
The pentatonic scale appeared before the Warring States Period, and the bells of Zeng Houyi unearthed in 1978 proved that pentatonic scale had been used in ancient China as early as the Warring States Period. Zeng Houyi's chime is a cultural relic in the early Warring States period. From 65438 to 0978, it was successfully excavated in Suixian County, Hubei Province (now Suizhou City).
The unearthed chimes are huge musical instruments composed of sixty-five bronze chimes, with a range of five and a half octaves and twelve semitones. Its exquisite casting technology and good musical performance have rewritten the history of world music and are called "rare treasures" by experts and scholars at home and abroad.
Baidu Encyclopedia-China Ancient Music