Chapter 91 Sanle

Sanyue is the general term for excellent folk music and dance forms adopted by the rulers since the Zhou Dynasty.Because it is a folk art and belongs to the nature of "wild music", it is not valued by the rulers. However, its novel and unique performance form and superb performance skills are generally loved by people, so the music bureaus of all dynasties have paid attention to it. There are institutions and officials in charge of "San Yue". "Zhou Li·Chun Guan" contains: "Yanren is in charge of dancing and Sanyue." Zheng Xuan's annotation said: "Sanyue, wild people are good at making music, if the Huangmen advocate it today." It can be seen that from the Zhou Dynasty, Sanyue It refers to the "good man" in the so-called "joy of the savage" from the folk.It is neither the elegant and popular music used in the court, nor the military music used in the army. Like the corresponding popular music, they all belong to the popular music in the broad sense, but the popular music in the narrow sense includes Songs and dances are mainly music, while Sanyue is more about skillful juggling and plot dramas (at least including drama elements, such as comedians, etc.). ".