Shells Of The Era Of Music Culture

As the academic community began to learn and go deeply into the origin ofChinese civilization, we put more attention to the beginning of courtesy and music.Although it burst out like an explosion in the Chou dynasty, but it did go though avery important period Yin dynasty. This thesis coordinated kinds of materials aboutarcheology, history and anthropology, and then got some conclusions:1.The words didn’t formally appear until Yin dynasty. Lack of credible historicalmaterials, the development just sporadically recorded only in later literature. But atleast we can see that musical instrument making had reached a certain level,speculation has become a preliminary thought and theory of music at that time.Limited to the level of development of the productive forces, it has not been out ofmagic.2. As the further development of the social productive forces in the Yin dynasty,more specialized musical activities of the differentiation of human being accumulatedand summed up the rich experience of music and dance. With the development ofhandicrafts, musical instruments of production also has a relatively high level oftechnology. Gradually the original magic shadow fading, and through the long processof continuous improvement, with ritual forms at the beginning. And laid thefoundation for for the Western Zhou prosperity.3. Yin dynasty is a wery important period for a transformation. There was aancient ritual factors in rapid development, due to people’s religious beliefs.Functions of music in this period, containing both the original magic and ritualfunctions. There were ritual Akinori functions such as power, political education.These different functions, in the hands of rulers, becomes a powerful tool toconsolidate its ruling status.4. To any kind of cultural phenomenon, the spirits behind the culturalphenomenon are more important. The music culture of Yin dynasty got a high speedgrowth. Since the nature of religious belief of the times, is full of rich, hex magiccolor. As these reasons, there were plenty of sacrificial rites, of course, with hot singsand dances, just like the character of Yin people.