As one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, China is often called "Chinese etiquette" when it is mentioned. However, in fact, the term etiquette knowledge cannot accurately describe the origin of Chinese culture. It seems more appropriate to use the land of etiquette and music to describe our ancient civilization, because music has already entered the lives of Chinese people since the Zhou Dynasty, and has been closely related to the economy. Life is closely connected. In the history of China, the Zhou Dynasty, as the most common feudal social party, was of milestone significance in the establishment of political discipline. Its use of different etiquette knowledge and music to distinguish groups led to the formation of different classes in China, which was also the basis of the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, in which music and etiquette knowledge also played an important role.

In order for music to bear such a strong political and cultural significance, the music officials and rulers of the Western Han Dynasty perfected the knowledge of music at that time and carried out a rigorous study of traditional musical instruments and folk dances. This category has created a very sound structure for the development of Chinese national music in China, which has guiding significance for the development of national instrumental music in the future. After King Cheng of Zhou defeated King Zhou of Shang and gained leadership of the Central Plains, the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty influenced and applied the feudal system to rectify this vast country through exploration. The foundation of the feudal system of regulations is the hierarchical classification of power. Only by establishing stable political discipline in our country can the stable operation of this system of regulations be maintained. When Zhou Gongdan was in power, he established a ritual and music system that used different etiquette knowledge and music to distinguish status, thus allowing China to enter the feudal society.

In order to make music as a tool more and more legally binding, the government of the Western Han Dynasty also promulgated a series of systems to delineate the scope of music. The first is the clarification of the meaning of music. Before the Zhou Dynasty, although the previous Chinese people also created many different types of music, they lacked standard styles. The rulers of the Zhou Dynasty integrated a series of corresponding performance methods such as music and dance, classified them under the ancestral temple system, and defined the music that people in different places and statuses should choose. . They first formulated eight more important types of civilized music, thereby determining the relationship between music and culture. These eight types of ritual knowledge places are sacrificial places, ancestral temples, big feasts, Yanli, big shootings, elderly care services, rural drinking and rural shootings. As for the accompanying folk dances, the ritual and music system of the Western Han Dynasty also developed corresponding standards.

The song and dance performances at that time were divided into six categories, including the Six Dynasties music and dance for large and medium-sized worship, the singing music and elegant arts, and the room music and peripheral music for banquets. From this, we can see that under the ritual and music system of the Zhou Dynasty, the development of music was a very careful and meticulous process with complex standards. In order to implement the ritual and music system, the government departments of the Western Han Dynasty also specially installed high-ranking officials who were professionally responsible for music-related tasks, namely Da Si Yue. Its specific function is to learn a large number of drummers and arrange and perform corresponding music. Moreover, they also had to educate the royal children with corresponding musical knowledge so that they could understand the relationship between identity and music, which was also the basis of the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty. After music was established as the country's fundamental system, musicians in the Western Han Dynasty gradually conducted more in-depth research on music theory knowledge and music playing methods. The analysis at that time mainly had two directions, one was the summary of music, and the other was the production and sorting of traditional musical instruments.