Chinese traditional music includes instrumental music, folk songs, folk arts and operas.

Traditional music

Traditional music has lasted for thousands of years and contains many aesthetic qualities. It is a concentrated expression of the special nature of certain musical thoughts and the crystallization of musical ideology. The thinking habits of a country or a nation play an important role in the formation and development of its aesthetic consciousness that cannot be underestimated.

In today's Chinese music, there are not only 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.

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Chinese 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.

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

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; labor songs.

There are also many types of Chinese folk dances with different styles. The most popular ones include Yangko, waist drum, land boat racing, lanterns, tea picking, etc.

Chinese traditional music refers to music created by the Chinese people using their own nation’s inherent methods, adopting their own nation’s inherent forms, and having their own nation’s inherent morphological characteristics. It not only includes ancient works produced in history and passed down to this day, but also Also includes contemporary works. It can be seen that traditional music includes Chinese music but not new music, but they are all "Chinese music".

In fact, "ethnic music", "traditional music" and "folk music" are three different concepts: "ethnic music" includes traditional music and new music; while "folk music" is just traditional music A category of music. And our country’s national music is very rich. In addition to folk music, it also includes court music, religious music and literati music.