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The word ya (雅) was used during the Zhou dynasty to refer to a form of song-texts used in court and collected in Shijing. [1] The term yayue itself appeared in Confucius's Analects , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] where yayue was considered by Confucius to be the kind of music that is good and beneficial, in contrast to the popular music originated from the ...
The Chinese ritual and music system (Chinese: 礼乐制度; pinyin: Lǐ yuè zhìdù) is a social system that originated in the Zhou dynasty to maintain the social order. [1] Together with the patriarchal system , it constituted the social system of the entire ancient China and had a great influence on the politics, culture, art and thought of ...
Music was an important element in traditional ritualistic ceremonies during the Shang dynasty (c. 1550-1111 BC), and it reached one of its peaks during the Zhou dynasty (c. 1111–222 BC). The ancient orchestra of the Zhou dynasty played a form of ceremonial music known as yayue. It featured a great abundance of percussion instruments.
1.1 Zhou dynasty. 1.2 Qin to Han dynasty. 1.3 Sui to Tang dynasty. 1.4 Song to Yuan dynasty. ... "Pear Garden", an acting and music academy founded by Emperor Xuanzong.
The Sui dynasty collected the music and dance of the various peoples under its rule as well as popular music from outside China into the "Seven Books of Music" (七部樂), describing the music and dance of the Western Liang, Korea, India, Bukhara, Kucha, the Qingshang and the Wenkang (文康, a masked dance, later known as Libi, 禮畢).
The Zhou dynasty (/dʒoʊ/ JOH) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from c. 1046 BC until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period ( c. 1046 – 771 BC), the royal house, surnamed Ji , had military control over territories centered on the Wei River valley and North China Plain .
The concept of music, called 乐 (Chinese: 樂; pinyin: yuè), stands among the oldest categories of Chinese thought; however, in historical sources, it does not receive clear definition until the writing of the Classic of Music (lost during the Han dynasty). Different musical traditions have influenced it throughout its history, dating back to ...
King Ai of Zhou (Chinese: 周哀王; pinyin: Zhōu Āi Wáng) personal name Ji Quji, was a king of China's Zhou dynasty.He was the eldest son of King Zhending. [1]He succeeded his father in 441 BC, but was killed by his younger brother, Shuxi (King Si), after only three months on the throne.