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介绍中国音乐的英语作文
Chinese Music dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization with documents
and artifacts providing evidence of a well-developed musical culture as early as
the Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC – 256 BC). Today, the music continues a rich
traditional heritage in one aspect, while emerging into a more contemporary
form at the same time.
Aording to Mencius, a powerful ruler once asked him whether it was moral if
he preferred popular music to the classics. The answer was that it only mattered
that the ruler love his subjects. The Imperial Music Bureau, first established in the
Qin Dynasty (221–07 BC), was greatly expanded under the Emperor Han Wu Di
(140–87 BC) and charged with supervising court music and military music and
determining what folk music would be officially recognized. In subsequent
dynasties, the development of Chinese music was strongly influenced by foreign
music, especially Central Asia.
The oldest known written music is Youlan or the Solitary Orchid, attributed to
Confucius (see guqin article for a sample of tablature). The first major well-
documented flowering of Chinese music was for the qin during the Tang Dynasty,
though the qin is known to have been played since before the Han Dynasty.
In ancient China the position of musicians was much lower than that of
painters, though music was seen as central to the harmony and longevity of the
state. Almost every emperor took folk songs seriously, sending officers to collect
songs to inspect the popular will. One of the Confucianist Classics, Shi Jing (The
Classic of Poetry), contained many folk songs dating from 800 BC to about 400
BC.
The first European to reach China with a musical instrument was Jesuit priest
Matteo Rii who presented a Harpsichord to the Lee imperial court in 1601, and
trained four eunuchs to play it.
Dragon Dance
The famous dragon dance with music is also a remembered tradition. It is
seen on Chinese New Year across the world by millions. It is not known when the
tradition started, but it is believed to be thousands of years ago, as entertainment
of former emperors, royals and nobles.
Traditional music in China is played on solo instruments or in small
ensembles of plucked and bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and various
cymbals, gongs, and drums. The scale is pentatonic. Bamboo pipes and qin are
among the oldest known musical instruments from China; instruments are
traditionally divided into categories based on their material of position: animal
skins, gourd, bamboo, wood, silk, earth/clay, metal and stone. Chinese orchestras
traditionally consist of bowed strings, woodwinds, plucked strings and percussion.
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