Dacheng Hymns for Confucius · SR100025
Zhaoping Hymn
Played to welcome the spirit as the rite begins
Mural guide
Before a great hall amid falling autumn leaves, an official in a dark robe stands on the steps while musicians strike bronze bells, play a zither and beat a drum. Below, women in flowing sleeves dance holding long feathered wands.
Part of · Dacheng Hymns for Confucius
Played to welcome the spirit, the first of the six stages of the rite, which begins with it. The name is the one fixed in the last revision of 1742.