Music is not only a branch of art, but also a social phenomenon of human beings, which arose with the emergence of human beings; or to be more precise, it is the development of human society to a certain stage. product.

As an emotional art, music can cultivate people's temperament, improve people's moral quality, and push people to work hard.

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The meaning and origin of music

Music is a sound frequency that can produce a vibrating effect, coming from the initial life movement of the human body. , they arise with the birth of human beings, originate with the origin of human beings, and develop with the development of human beings. They are not objects external to human beings, nor are they the original material production of human beings. Rather, they are the products of human beings' initial spiritual activities that are full of emotions and are aware of the existence of external objects.

It is impossible to find out when human society began to have music. Before humans had language, they already knew how to use the pitch, strength, etc. of sounds to express their thoughts and feelings. With the development of human labor, chants to unify the rhythm of labor and shouts to convey information to each other gradually emerged. This is the most primitive prototype of music;

When people celebrate harvests and share the fruits of labor, Stone and wooden tools are often struck to express joy and happiness. This is the prototype of the original musical instrument. The earliest stringed instrument in the world is the Chinese guqin, also known as Yaoqin, Yuqin, and Lyre. The guqin was an instrument that was popular in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of at least 3,000 years.

It was only called "guqin" at the beginning of this century. There are posthumous legends about the creators of the qin, such as "Fuxi made the qin in the past", "Shennong made the qin", "Shun made the five-stringed qin to sing the southern wind", etc. It can be seen that the qin has a long history in China. "The Book of Songs? Guanyong" has "a graceful lady, the harp and harp are friends", and the "Book of Songs? Xiaoya" also has: "The harp and harp beat the drums to control the ancestors of Tian" and other records.

Ancient Chinese history records that in the Huangdi era five thousand years ago, there was a musician named Ling Lun who went into the Kunhua Mountains in the west to collect bamboo for flutes. At that time, there happened to be five phoenixes flying in the sky, and he made laws according to their sounds. Although this story cannot be completely believed, it can be regarded as a mysterious legend about the origin of wind instruments.

The first emperor of China, the Yellow Emperor, was the famous king who created the calendar and writing five thousand years ago. At that time, in addition to the aforementioned Ling Lun, there was also a musician named "Fuxi". It is said that Fuxi had the head of a human and the body of a snake. He was conceived in his mother's womb for twelve years. He played a harp with fifty strings. Because the tone was too sad, Huang Di cut off half of the harp and changed it to twenty-five strings.

In addition, in the legend of the Yellow Emperor's era, Shennong was also a musician. He taught people how to farm, tasted herbs and discovered medicinal herbs, and he also created the five-stringed qin.