Daqu in the Han and Wei dynasties has a complex and close relationship with Xianghe songs and Qing Shang music. The initial form was simple (perhaps only unaccompanied singing form), and in the process of its development, it was gradually combined with dance and instrumental music. In the end, a form of singing, dancing and instrumental music was formed. The Sui and Tang Dynasties Daqu is a large-scale song and dance piece containing multiple sections in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is a large-scale art form that integrates instrumental music, vocal music and dance, and is performed continuously in the middle of a whole. In some monographs and papers on the music culture of the Han and Tang Dynasties, scholars mostly emphasize the inheritance between the Han and Wei dynasties and the Sui and Tang dynasties. When comparing the musical structure of the Sui and Tang dynasties with the previously mentioned After a simple comparison of the "three-section" structure of the Han and Wei dynasties, we can conclude, implicitly or explicitly, that the three-section structure of the Sui and Tang dynasties inherited the three-section structure of the Han and Wei dynasties. For example: "From the perspective of the various components of the organization of Daqu (here refers to Sui and Tang Daqu), we will naturally think of the Yan, Qu, and Trend mentioned earlier. They naturally have a certain inheritance relationship with each other"
The number of works of Xianghe songs in the Han and Wei dynasties is quite abundant, which can be roughly divided into "Xianghe Yin", "Xianghe Qu", "Yintan Qu", "Si Xian Qu", "Ping Diao Qu", "Qing Diao Qu" "Tune", "Se", "Chu", and "Dan". For example, the works of "Xiang He Yin" include "Konghou Yin", "Shang Yin", "Zheng Yin", "Yu Yin", "Gong Yin" and "Jiao Yin".
The songs and dances of the Han Dynasty replaced the witchcraft style of court songs and dances since the Zhou and Qin Dynasties with rough and bold folk colors. Folk songs and dances include: Gongmo Dance, Bayu Dance, Jin Dance, Pan Dance, Duo Dance, Fu Dance, White Band Dance, and Ta Ge.
Music in the Sui and Tang Dynasties:
Bianwen: It is a rap art form in the Tang Dynasty. The content can be divided into two categories. One is about stories from Buddhist scriptures, which is the popularization of Buddhism. result. Another category tells historical legends or folk tales. The works are characterized by vivid, simple language, rhyme and whiteness, and both speaking and singing. Bianwen is a narrative genre that alternates prose and verse. The verse part is usually one paragraph of seven characters and four sentences, but there are also five or six characters. The music and story are very strong, so as to attract the audience and spread the Buddhist scriptures. There are three types of Bianwen forms: singing without speaking, speaking without singing, singing and speaking (this category accounts for the majority). It is triggered by prose and the content is narrated by singing.
Zibuqi and Libuqi are divided into different performance forms.
Three concepts of court Yan music in the Tang Dynasty: In a broad sense, it is secular music relative to "grace music", including Shibu music and Jiaofang music. In the second broad sense, it refers specifically to a kind of music with a special style that integrates Hu folk music, especially Qiuci music. In a narrow sense, it specifically refers to "Jingyun River Qingge" written by Zhang Wen during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, which adopted the meaning of the ancient "Zhu Yan" and "Tianma".