Chapter 71 Yanle

That is feasting.Yanle had already existed in the Zhou Dynasty. It was called "Fangzhongle" at that time, and it was used in some banquets and banquets in the palace for singing and dancing.This situation lasted until the Han Dynasty, when Yan Yue belonged to the category of Ya Yue. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the elegant music of the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties almost disappeared, while the music of ethnic minorities was introduced in large quantities, and had a huge impact on the music of the Central Plains.Of the "Seven Music" and "Nine Music" of the Sui Dynasty, and the "Ten Music" of the Tang Dynasty, only "Qing Shang" is an old song from the south of the Yangtze River in the Han area, and the others are the combination of minority music and Central Plains music. Products, such as the famous "Kuici music", "Xiliang music", "Tianzhu music", "Anguo music" and so on.The music of these ethnic minorities is collectively referred to as "Hubu", so Shen Kuo in the Song Dynasty defined it in "Mengxi Bi Tan": "The music of the former kings is elegant music, the new sound of the previous life is Qingyue, and the Hubu is Yanyue. "

The "Seven Music", "Nine Music" and "Ten Music" in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the "Zo Bu Ji" and "Li Bu Ji" that were later changed from "Ten Bu Music" are all related to court music. The difference is that although they are used in many formal occasions in the court, they still belong to vulgar music. Therefore, Yan music in the Sui and Tang Dynasties is the vulgar music used in the court.Due to the love of some emperors in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Yan Yue was greatly developed, especially Tang Xuanzong was a great musician, so he vigorously developed music and dance performances, set up teaching workshops and pear gardens, and was responsible for the talent training, rehearsal and performance of Yan Music , making Yan Le's performance reach an unprecedented level.

After the Song Dynasty, Yan music gradually declined. Although the institutions in charge of Yan music, such as Jiaofang and Yunshao Department, were still there, the talents withered, and it was no longer as grand as the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Interest, has turned to more popular bourgeois art, such as opera, rap and so on. Judging from the musical instruments used, there are also great differences between the Yanle system and the Gagaku system.Most of the instruments used in Yan Yue are new or imported from the Western Regions, mainly pipa, vertical harp, flute, 筚篥, Jiegu, Jilou drum, Dala drum, etc., instead of those used by the Yayue Department. Qin, Se, Xun, Chi, Xun, Xun and so on.

The palace tunes used in Yanle and Yale are not in the same system. Yanle in the Tang Dynasty used the famous "Twenty-Eight Tones of Yanle".