Classical music has a heavy texture, a huge structure and scale, dignified musical thoughts, profound ideological connotations, and the most important feature is seriousness and dignity. Light music, on the other hand, is light in texture, small and simple in structure, bright and stretched in rhythm and beautiful in melody. It has no profound ideological connotation, and it doesn't want to have this connotation. It just wants to bring people relaxed and beautiful enjoyment. Its main feature is lightness and liveliness. Therefore, it is very appropriate to name this kind of music light music.

Classical music is "elegant". On the surface, the conductor's suit on the stage is straight and dignified.

The uniform and meticulous costumes of the band players who play these music;

the elegant, luxurious, peaceful and grand layout atmosphere of the concert hall;

The audience are well dressed and pay attention to etiquette.

actually, these superficial "elegance" can't reflect the essence of classical music, and the elegant temperament of music is revealed from the melody!

The rigorous and complete structure, elegant and graceful melody, and rich and profound ideological connotation are the roots of "elegance" of classical music. Among them, we can hear the most holy feelings belonging to human beings, the call from the deepest heart and the noblest ideals.

In fact, the superficial elegance is just a formula and convention formed in the development of western music for a long time. Although we can regard it as a kind of "glitz", it is hard to imagine that a group of disheveled, dressed and even unkempt performers and conductors can perform well in front of the audience. Because the grandeur on the surface can just set off the unique rigorous and solemn temperament in western classical music.

In fact, today's European and American classical music circles are also trying to change their image of being too formal and alienated from the public. The famous Berlin Forest Concert is a good example, where people can enjoy classical music in a carefree way, and they don't have to be strict about whether their clothes are appropriate or not, and they can applaud and even listen to music while having a picnic.

Nowadays, the education circles in China especially like to call "classical music" "elegant music". The reason is very simple. Teachers don't like students' obsession with singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan, so they often organize students to enjoy some so-called classical concerts, which are called "cultivating sentiment, improving taste" and "letting elegant music enter the campus" and so on.

Some media equate classical music with "serious music", which I think is inappropriate. From a certain point of view, the expression forms and melody themes of some classical music are indeed "extremely serious", but we should also see that the themes of most western classical music are praise, praise, beautiful and lively melodies and extremely happy feelings. Moreover, even some classical music with serious themes and profound thoughts often wants to convey a kind of "serious happiness". For example, Beethoven's famous Ode to Joy, the fourth movement of Brahms' famous First Symphony and the fourth movement of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony, although these works are full of noble and deep philosophy, they all give people a positive and uplifting feeling in the end.

Zhou and Qin music culture is an important coordinate for the high development of China music. This series of achievements also lay a theoretical foundation for the study of ancient Chinese music.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the reunification of the north and the south, social stability and economic prosperity created favorable conditions for the development of music art. The rulers of the Tang Dynasty were less conservative in culture, and absorbed foreign music culture extensively, which made music reach a peak of development.

In this historical period, poetry was included in the famous songs sung by musicians, and the integration of literature and music became a feature of the development of Chinese classical music. Li Bai's Guan Shanyue, Du Fu's Qingming Festival, Liu Yuxi's Zhuzhi Song, Wang Zhihuan's Liangzhou Ci, Wang Wei's Yangguan Song, Long Tou Yin, Liu Zongyuan's Fisherman, etc. Some of them have been circulated among the people for a long time as folk songs, while others have been absorbed by the Qin family and preserved in the form of Qin songs. Among them, the seven-character quatrain "Yangguanqu" written by Wang Wei to send a friend who went to the west to serve in Yangguan became a song that people often sang at that time and in the future because it expressed the sadness of saying goodbye by blending scenes.

The Song Dynasty is also an important historical stage of the blending of Chinese music and literature. Song Dynasty is the golden age of ci-style songs, and people often use more than 8 ci-tunes. Such as "Recalling Jiangnan" and "Liu Qingniang"; Part of it comes from some passages of Tang Dynasty song and dance songs, such as Yangguan Yin, Pour Cup Preface, Water Tune the Song Head, Slow Voice, Teasing Order, etc. As well as ethnic minorities and foreign music, such as "Bodhisattva Man" and "Sumuzhe". There are not only a large number of lyrics and songs created by literati in the Song Dynasty, but also they can be roughly divided into two categories: graceful and unrestrained. Yu Zhibao, a Song Dynasty poet, made an image comparison between the two schools of ci: "Liu Langzhong (Liu Yong) is composed of only 178 girls, holding a red tooth plate, and singing' Yang Liuan, Xiao Feng and the waning moon'; The word "Bachelor" (Su Shi) must be a big man in Kansai, singing "river of no return" with a brass lute and an iron rake. "

Before and after the May 4th Movement, Mei Lanfang and others made outstanding achievements in innovation and reform of Beijing Opera, which made the art of Beijing Opera perfect.

He made a new development and creation in singing. His vocal singing is dignified and smooth, crisp, bright and sweet, with both breadth and roundness, and has a graceful and elegant style, which is known as "Mei School" in the world. In addition, he also carried out beneficial reforms on the figure performance and accompaniment band of Beijing opera actresses.

In 1928 and 1935, Mei Lanfang led a delegation to perform in the United States and the Soviet Union, and was the first person to make Peking Opera win an international reputation. Mei Lanfang is worthy of being the master who pushed Peking Opera to a higher level after Tan Xinpei. His masterpieces include Cosmic Front, Drunk Imperial Lady, Farewell My Concubine and so on.

Therefore, China's traditional famous plays are also elegant music.