Dacheng Hymns for Confucius · SR100030
Deping Hymn
Played to send off the spirit in the last stage of the rite
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 send off the spirit, the last of the six stages and the closing hymn of the set. The name is the one fixed in the last revision of 1742.