Saturday, August 10, 2013

History of music in China

Chinese music start with the Neolithic Age around six thousand seven hundred to seven thousand years.They use Fire TaoXun, dug bone whistle to play music and transmit information.



When the time come to Xia, Shang period the music have big change. People start write songs to extol a person who are conquer nature. For example,Xia Yu control the Yellow River to benefit people. People singing a song and make a dance for him called 《Summer》.





Western zhou dynasty palace first established a complete system of music. In the banquet entertainment official rules in different position have different status, WuDui compiled.


The modern period started the opium war of the end of the qing dynasty, after a series of anti-imperialist and anti-feudal peasant revolution, the reform movement, the revolution, "the may fourth movement", and the new democratic revolution under the leadership of the communist party of China, the more than one hundred years, the development of music culture mixed with traditional music and the incoming of western music, but music culture in the development of democracy and science as the main trend. The famous music like
"on two springs"-HuaYanJun and National instrumental music such as "spring night on". 

Nowadays, Chinese music go through seven thousand years with many musicianly endeavors become a part of world music.





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