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Ritual Music and Dance

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

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Music of Metal and Stone: Zhou Bells and Chimes

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

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Court Ritual Music (Yayue)

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

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Confucian Temple Music

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

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Buddhist Music

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

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Daoist Ritual Music

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

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Dongjing Scripture Music

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

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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.

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Ritual Music of Ethnic Minorities

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

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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.

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