Stage · ST102

Rituals

Pieces played at sacrifices, ceremonies and services, from Confucian temple hymns to Buddhist and Daoist liturgy.

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Bell and Chime Music

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Ancient music for tuned bronze bells and stone chimes, heard again today on reconstructed sets.

Dance · 1983 (premiered by the Hubei Opera and Dance Theatre)

Chime Bells Music and DancePremiered in 1983 by the Hubei Opera and Dance Theatre, played on replicas of the Marquis Yi of Zeng bellsthe creative team of the Hubei Opera and Dance TheatreSE10104

Court Ritual Music (Yayue)

2 works

Hymns and suites for court sacrifices and audiences, such as the Zhonghe Shaoyue of the Ming and Qing.

Suite · Early Hongwu reign of the Ming

Zhonghe ShaoyueNamed by the Ming founder after he revised the court ritual music; the highest-ranked music of the Qing courtMing and Qing court musiciansSE10070 Suite · Date unknown; by tradition music from the Yellow Emperor to the Zhou, recorded in the Rites of Zhou

The Dances of the Six AgesBy tradition the music and dances of six ages, from the Yellow Emperor to King Wu of Zhou, recorded in the Rites of Zhoutraditionally assigned to six ages from the Yellow Emperor to King Wu of Zhou; makers unknownSSET10206

Confucian Temple Music

1 works

Hymns sung and played at Confucian temple rites, with the line dances of flute and feather holders.

Suite · 1742 (last revision of the movement names)

Dacheng Hymns for ConfuciusSix movements for the six stages of the rite, from welcoming to sending off the spirit, named as last revised in 1742court and Confucian-temple musicians of successive dynastiesSE10071

Buddhist Music

1 works

Chants, hymns and ritual-instrument music of Buddhist temple services and great assemblies.

Song · Date unknown; in common use in Chinese Buddhist chant today

Incense Censer PraiseA leading example of the sung praises of Buddhist chant, written in rhymed verse and sung rather than recitedmonastic communities of Chinese BuddhismSE10072

Daoist Ritual Music

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Chanted hymns, scripture tunes and wind-and-percussion pieces of Daoist rites.

Song · 4th century (the stanzas soon entered Lingbao liturgy)

Pacing the VoidPacing the Void stanzas go back to the fourth century and still open Daoist rituals across ChinaDaoist ritual masters through the agesSE10073

Dongjing Scripture Music

1 works

Scripture chants and instrumental tunes of the Dongjing societies, accompanied by strings, winds and gongs.

Piece · Traditional tune (counted in Naxi ancient music as a Song lyric tune)

Waves Washing the SandA signature Dongjing piece of the Dayan Naxi Ancient Music Association, listed with Shuilongyin and ShanpoyangNaxi Dongjing musicians of LijiangSE10105

Xuanjuan: Precious-Scroll Recitation

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Precious-scroll tales sung from the book, a lead voice with a chorus joining, to bless and teach virtue.

Story · Ming dynasty (probably written in the early Ming; widely popular by the mid-Ming)

The Precious Scroll of Fragrant MountainThe tale of Princess Miaoshan's path to enlightenment, still chanted from the text by reciters in Changshuxuanjuan reciters of the Jiangnan regionSE10106

Ritual Music of Ethnic Minorities

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Chanted scriptures, sacred songs and dances of ethnic peoples' rites and funerals, handed down orally.

Suite · 1743 (already recorded in the Lijiang prefectural gazetteer)

Baisha XiyueA Naxi classical suite joining instruments, song and dance, of which eight tunes surviveNaxi folk musiciansSE10074

Folk Ritual and Funeral Music

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Wind-and-drum pieces and sung tales played in villages for rain prayers, offerings and wakes.

Piece · Traditional piece, date unknown

Ode to the Clear RiverA standard piece of the Lantian water-assembly music, played on the march in rain-prayer processionswater-assembly musicians of Puhua, LantianSE10107