Chaoyang flute music in the Ming Dynasty entered a stage of development and enrichment. At this stage, two people should be mentioned in particular: one is Li Ling, a Chaoyang native who serves as a high official in Jiangxi, and the other is Chen Tanlin, a Chaoyang native who serves as a high official in Guangxi.
Li Ling, who studied in Jiangxi Province, resigned and returned to his hometown. He built a school palace in Chaoyang and spread court music. Later, Chen Tanlin, a native of Chaoyang, was ordered to serve as the deputy envoy to Guangxi. He was awarded an imperial gift for his contribution to the peace of Jiaozhi. When he returned to his hometown of Chaoyang City, the Holy Spirit gave him a group of musicians and singers to accompany him back home. In this way, Chen Tanlin will Court music was brought to Chaoyang, which made Chaoyang's flute music activities more active.
After Li Ling's death, more than 100 sets of music scores he brought with him when he returned home were placed in Chaoyang Temple to worship Confucius, and the music was declared "sacred music". Later, due to age, the musicians dispersed, and his daughter also handed over some of the music scores in her collection to her husband Lin Dachun, who taught the music scores to the musicians.
After the late Ming Dynasty, Kun Opera became popular, and the singing of Kun Opera in Chaoyang was very popular. The flute is the main instrument of Chaoyang Ditai ancient music, which is consistent with the flute as the main instrument of Kun Opera. The elegant charm of Kun Opera is consistent with the The Chaoyang flute that came out of the White House Tingya Music happened to be the same, so it greatly promoted the prosperity of flute music.