Wind refers to local customs and folk songs

"Ya" refers to the formal music, that is, the music played when nobles enjoy banquets or princes attend court meetings

"Song" refers to Sacrificial music and songs

The winds are divided into fifteen national styles, which are divided according to regions

The elegant ones are divided into daya and xiaoya according to the musical layout

The chants are divided into three Ode: Song of Zhou, Song of Lu and Song of Shang are odes of Zhou, Lu and Shang respectively. They praise the ancestors of Zhou, Lu and Shang.

Feng, Ya and Song

"Wind" is also known as "Guo Feng" has 15 groups in one song. "Feng" is the general name of the music. The 15 groups of national styles are not music from 15 countries, but music from more than a dozen regions. The national style includes 160 songs from Zhou Nan, Zhao Nan, Bei, Yong, Wei, Wang, Zheng, Hui, Qi, Wei, Tang, Qin, Bin, Chen and Cao. Guofeng was a popular local song at that time, with local flavor. In terms of content, most of them are folk songs. Most of the authors are folk singers, but there are also some nobles.

There are various views on the understanding of "Ya". One view is that it refers to the music in the areas directly ruled by the Zhou Dynasty. "Ya" means "righteousness", and this kind of music is regarded as "zhengsheng", which is intended to show the difference from music in other places. Some people also say that "Ya" is connected with "Xia", and Xia is the name of the area directly ruled by the Zhou Dynasty. There is also a view that "Ya" refers to elegant music that everyone can understand. There are 105 chapters in "Ya", divided into 31 chapters in "Daya" and 74 chapters in "Xiaoya". Most of "Ya" are works by court officials and officials, and a small part are folk songs. The contents are almost all about politics, some praising good people and good governance, and some satirizing bad governance. There are only a few poems expressing personal feelings. But there are no love poems.

Feng is the local music of different regions

Ya is the local music under the direct jurisdiction of the Zhou Dynasty, and is the music for palace banquets and court meetings

Song is the ancestral temple Songs and dances during sacrifices, praising the achievements of ancestors

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