12China-music-(精选·公开·课件).pptVIP

Chinese Music History of Chinese music Chinese Music, a combination of vocal（声乐） and instrumental（器乐） music composed and played by the Chinese people. For several thousand years Chinese culture has been dominated by the teachings of the philosopher Confucius, who conceived music in the highest sense as a means of calming the passions and of dispelling unrest and lust, rather than as a form of amusement. Chinese music is as old as Chinese civilization. Instruments excavated（挖掘） from sites of the Shang dynasty (circa 1766-c. 1027 BC) include stone chimes（钟）, bronze bells, panpipes, and the she