"Traditional Chinese music" refers to music created by the Chinese using their own nation's inherent methods and forms, and with the nation's inherent morphological characteristics. It not only includes ancient music that has been produced in history and has been passed down to this day Works, including contemporary works, are an extremely important part of my country's national music.

Chinese music not only has rich historical resources, but also rich folk traditional resources. These resources are living traditions that attract the interest of Chinese and foreign scholars. According to traditional Chinese music theory, China's national folk music can be divided into four categories:

1. Instrumental music

China's instrumental music can be divided into two categories: solo and ensemble . Solo music is again divided into categories such as bowing, plucking, windpipe, and percussion. Similarly, ensemble music can be further divided into string music, string music, wind music, drum music and wind and percussion music. These five types of ensemble music constitute the essence of traditional Chinese music.

2. Opera music

There are more than 300 types of local operas in China. These opera types can be divided into four categories according to different music: Pihuang tune, Bangzi tune, Kun tune, and Gao tune; Peking Opera belongs to Pihuang tune.

3. Folk songs

Folk songs are the basis of all kinds of folk music. In China, due to its vast territory and large population, there are rich and colorful folk songs in various places. Generally speaking, Chinese folk songs can be divided into three major categories: folk songs, minor tunes, and labor songs.

4. Dance music

China’s folk dances also have many types and styles. The most popular ones include: Yangko, waist drum, land boat racing, lanterns, tea picking, etc.

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In addition, in daily life, the word "national music" can be seen in many folk music CDs. This "national music" refers to the folk music that has been handed down from ancient times. , music belonging to the "quintessence of China" that has developed in modern times, it can be seen that the creation time of "national music" refers to ancient times; "new music" refers to music written by those who have studied Western music, such as school music songs , it can be seen that the creation time of new music was after the Opium War in 1840.

“Chinese music” refers not only to the music passed down from ancient times, but also to the music created and adapted by the Chinese according to Western theories. "Traditional Chinese music" refers to music created by the Chinese using their own nation's inherent methods, adopting their own nation's inherent forms, and having their own nation's inherent morphological characteristics. It includes not only ancient works produced in history and passed down to this day, but also contemporary works.

It can be seen that traditional music includes "national music" but does not include "new music", but they are all "Chinese music". Traditional music is an extremely important part of my country's national music. The difference between traditional music and new music does not lie in the time of creation, but in its form of expression and style characteristics.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Traditional Music