The music of the Tang Dynasty in China was the pentatonic rhythm.

In the Tang Dynasty, "He, Si, Yi, Chi, Gong" were used. The pentatonic scale is often called "pentatonic", "pentatonic", etc. in ancient literature. Pentatonic scale, ancient Han temperament. That is, according to the order of fifth degrees, starting from Gong Yin to Yu Yin, the order is: Gong - Shang - Jiao - Zheng - Yu; if arranged in order of pitch, it is: 1 2 3 5 6 Gong Shang Jiao Zheng (zhǐ) feather. In the Tang Dynasty, "He, Si, Yi, Chi, Gong" were used.

The pentatonic scale is often called "pentatonic", "pentatonic", etc. in ancient literature. Traditional Chinese music theory often reveals its connotation from different perspectives such as "tone", "temperature" and "sound" for the modern concept of "scale".