Ritual and music system
Ancient Chinese social system
The Ritual Music System (Chinese: 礼乐制度) is a social system that originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The Ritual Music system and Patriarchal Clan system were important parts of the culture.[1] Legend says it was founded by the Duke of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
The system developed from older shamanic traditions[8] and was seen as being spiritually important,[9] it was seen as representing the balance between Yin and Yang[9] and the Five Elements.[9]
The regulations on ritual and music strengthened people's concept of hierarchy, played a symbolic role in establishing authority, alongside standardizing rule across the civilization.[1]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "常识必背 | 什么是礼乐制度？_音乐_身份_阶级". www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2022-07-20.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 許之衡 (1968). 中國音樂小史. ISBN 9789570512731. Note some of alternate names given for these dances, such as Xianchi (咸池), Dashao (大韶), and Dazhang (大章)
- ↑ Wang Kefen (1985). The History of Chinese Dance. China Books & Periodicals. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-0835111867.
- ↑ Zehou Li (2009). The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition. translated by Maija Bell Samei. University of Hawaii Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0824833077.
- ↑ Zehou Li (2009). The Chinese Aesthetic Tradition. translated by Maija Bell Samei. University of Hawaii Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0824833077.
- ↑ 許之衡 (1968). 中國音樂小史. ISBN 9789570512731. Note some of alternate names given for these dances, such as Xianchi (咸池), Dashao (大韶), and Dazhang (大章)
- ↑ 中国文化史速读. 青苹果数据中心. 2014.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ↑ China: Five Thousand Years of History and Civilization. City University of Hong Kong Press. 2007. p. 454. ISBN 978-9629371401.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Don Michael Randel, ed. (2003). The Harvard Dictionary of Music (4th ed.). Harvard University Press. pp. 260–262. ISBN 978-0674011632.