Laoshan Taoist Music

Shandong
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Taoist music is a part of Chinese folk music. Laoshan is a famous Taoist resort in China, and its Taoist music is unique. The Taoist music of Laoshan is mostly evolved from ancient folk songs and folk calls, and has a strong Dongyi cultural atmosphere. Later, the popular Ten Directions Sutra Rhyme was introduced and integrated into the Taoist music of Laoshan. In the Jin Dynasty, the Seven True Men of Quanzhen Taoism came to Laoshan to spread the truth and preach. In particular, Qiu Chuji came to Laoshan three times and conducted extensive exchanges between Laoshan Taoist music and Ten Directions Taoist music, gradually forming a Taoist music system with unique style and complete grades. For more than two thousand years, the Taoist music of Laoshan has been constantly absorbing and learning from various sources. There are sacred rhyme scores played and chanted in major ceremonial activities, such as "Welcome the Great Envoy", "Three Pure Ones", "The Jade Emperor", "Dadongqing" and other orthodox Taoist scores; there are also special tunes for large-scale sacrificial activities such as "Manjianghong", "Binhong Tears", "Tianbianyue"; there are also elegant and quaint appreciation music such as "Autumn Mountain Travel", "Quehua Spring Mountain", "Jinji Three Fruits", and "Returning to the Temple". The general Taoist music used for "walking the altar" has become an important part of the music of the Laoshan area, and is basically not used much in the Taoist temple. The Taoist music of Laoshan is distributed in more than 120 palaces and temples, and is divided into the inner mountain and the outer mountain schools according to geographical conditions. The outer mountain school of Taoist music uses orchestral accompaniment and directly participates in various folk activities, which has promoted the vigorous development of folk wind music in the Laoshan area. Many old folk artists have learned from Laoshan Taoist music, resulting in many famous Taoist music songs being passed down among the people to this day. According to the source material, the Taoist music of Laoshan is divided into two categories of rhyme music: the rhyme of the sutras (i.e. the sutra music of the temple, used for the Taoists in Laoshan for their morning, noon and evening sutras), the music of Yingfeng and the music of Qin (used for folk activities and entertainment activities of Taoists). Laoshan Taoism belongs to the northern "Quanzhen" school, so its Taoist music is mainly based on the rhyme of Quanzhen, but it is closely connected with the local language and folk music in Shandong area, and is famous in the Taoist temple for its "Laoshan rhyme" with local characteristics. However, the "Laoshan rhyme" named after "Laoshan", such as "Laoshan Diaogua" and "Laoshan Buxu", shows local characteristics. Although most of the rhymes are not named "Laoshan", they have local characteristics of Shandong in terms of singing style, melody characteristics and structural characteristics. In 2008, Laoshan Taoist music was selected into the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection list in my country.

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