The obscurantism of China folk music was more than 2000 years earlier than Xuanyuan Huangdi, the ancestor of the Chinese nation. According to the Neolithic Age from 6700 to 7000 years ago, our ancestors may have been able to burn clay pots and dig bone whistles. These primitive musical instruments undoubtedly tell people that people at that time already had the aesthetic ability of music. According to ancient documents, ancient music culture has the characteristics of combining singing, dancing and music. Ge clan's so-called "three people fuck the cow's tail, and eight songs attract their feet" is the best explanation. What people sang at that time, such as "respecting nature", "fighting for grain" and "the extreme of the total beast", reflected the ancestors' understanding of agriculture, animal husbandry and the natural laws of heaven and earth. These primitive music and dances, which combine song, dance and pleasure, are also related to the totem worship of the primitive clan. For example, the clan of the Yellow Emperor once took the cloud as a totem, and his music and dance were called Cloud Gate. With regard to the original musical form, we can see the Song of Waiting for People written by Tu Shanshi's daughter in Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals. The lyrics of this song are only "waiting for someone", and only the word "waiting for someone" has real meaning. This is the bud of music, and it is the language that breeds. The bone flute of Jiahu site in Wuyang County, Henan Province can be traced back to around 8000 BC, and it is the oldest playing instrument in the world. One of the seven-hole bone flutes is very well preserved. Experts have carried out experiments and found that bone flutes can still be used to play music and can emit seven tones. But in ancient China, only five tones were basically used.

The official written record of China's music history began in the Zhou Dynasty. Xia and Shang Dynasties were a period of slavery society. According to the records of classical literature, music and dance at this time has gradually deviated from the characteristics of primitive clan music and dance, and was more occupied by slave owners. From the content, they gradually broke away from the original totem worship and became an ode to those who conquered nature. For example, Yu Xia managed water and benefited the people, so there appeared the music and dance "Great Summer" praising Yu Xia.