During the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established a music management organization called Yuefu, which was engaged in the collection and arrangement of folk songs. The ballads included in Yue were called "Yuefu Poems" or "Yuefu". These Yuefu folk songs mostly focus on describing the sufferings of the people, directly expressing the people's loves and hates, and exposing various contradictions in feudal society.

The folk songs of this period have developed into long and short sentences, five-character and seven-character styles, and began to add instrumental accompaniment. The production of long narrative songs such as "Peacock Flying Southeast" also marked the Folk songs during this period continued to develop and mature.

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Religious music period

European classical music developed during the Elizabethan period in the Middle Ages. The music of this period was mainly based on patterns. Gregorian religious music predominates.

At that time, people’s worship and belief in Christianity were completely different from this. In the Middle Ages, the power of the European church was higher than the state and all social situations. Religion directly affected politics and music. Therefore, the music at that time was purely for religious purposes and was sung in churches without instrumental accompaniment. However, the music of this period played a very important role in the subsequent development of music.

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