History of chinese music
The history of the chinese music can be traced long, long time ago. Music emerged before the existence of language. The Chinese composed music and created language at the same time. In other words, music and language already existed altogether. Music obviously is used and accepted internationally. As a result, the value of music in China is unquestionable.
According to the record of the history of music of China, music was widely used and performed in ritual acts. While in Chou Dynasty, the worship of the ancestors systematized and it was recognised as music in government.
Confucious, the great Chinese history , who even influenced and edited the record of music in his days. Music is recorded and widely used as a mean of influencing people's mind as well as behaviour.
Music entered its new era in Han Dynasty. As emperor of Han Dynasty spreaded its influence in western eountries by means of military as well as culturally, there is widespread of the music of China in places outside China. A government department even established in charge of the spread of music.
Since the Tang Dynasty was strong in the cultural and military sense, the music continued to develop. The band of government has increased their size as well as the number of performances in ritual deeds or in other circumstances. Meanwhile, people was rich and their chance of listening music increased greatly. Some people refered this stage as the climax of Chinese music of China and also the Chinese music became one of the four important aspect of the World of Music.
Chinese music
There are many famous chinese songs and the content of the chinese songs are widely composed. The music instrument of China do have their style. I will introduce in detail in the next paragraph.
The Chinese Musical Instrument
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