Dacheng Hymns for Confucius · SR100026
Xuanping Hymn
Played at the first offering, when the dancers begin
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 at the first offering, the second of the six stages, when the dancers begin to perform. The name is the one fixed in the last revision of 1742.