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The Great Music Bureau (大樂署) responsible for yayue and yanyue (燕樂, entertainment music and dance for banquet) The Royal Academy founded by Emperor Gaozu "Pear Garden", an acting and music academy founded by Emperor Xuanzong. The Drum and Pipes Bureau (鼓吹署) responsible for ceremonial music.
The oldest extant written Chinese music is "Youlan" (幽蘭) or the Solitary Orchid, composed during the 6th or 7th century, but has also been attributed to Confucius. The first major well-documented flowering of Chinese music was for the qin during the Tang dynasty (618-907AD), though the qin is known to have been played since before the Han ...
Saag also spelled sag or saga, is a leafy vegetable dish from the Indian subcontinent. It is eaten with bread, such as roti or naan , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] or in some regions with rice . Saag can be made from mustard greens , collard greens , basella or finely chopped broccoli along with added spices and sometimes other ingredients, such as chhena .
The concept of music, called 乐 (Chinese: 樂; pinyin: yuè), stands among the oldest categories of Chinese thought; however, in historical sources, it does not receive clear definition until the writing of the Classic of Music (lost during the Han dynasty). Different musical traditions have influenced it throughout its history, dating back to ...
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) began shipping Chinese ceramics to Europe. 1604: The grand secretary Gu Xiancheng reopened the Donglin Academy in Wuxi, establishing the Donglin movement. 1607: Euclid's Elements was first translated into Chinese. 1609: Sancai Tuhui was published. 1610: Jin Ping Mei was published. 1615: The Zihui was compiled ...
Chinese traditional music includes various music genres which have been inherited for generations in China. [1] Specifically, this term refers to the music genres originated in or before Qing dynasty. [2] According to the appearance, the genres can be classified into instrumental ensemble, instrumental solo, theatre, shuochang, dance music and ...
In the early 20th century, the term guoyue was widely used to distinguish between imported Western music and traditional Chinese music. It therefore included all Han Chinese music but excluded anything written for Western instruments. [3] In its broadest sense it includes all Chinese instrumental music, opera, regional folk genres, and solo pieces.
According to Chinese scientist Sun Syan, Sogdian songs, dances and music always could be heard in the palaces, in the city and village streets on the Chinese empire. Japanese scientist Kisibe distinguished the names of 31 musicians from the West who worked in the palace of the Tang dynasty .