A Study Of Large Combined Chime-bells In Pre-Qin

The research of chime-bells have a long time,far from pre-Qin period.With thehistorical conditions diversed,the research appeared different styles in differentperiod.As the study go-ahead,from a point to a line,then the line to the plane,theachievement went abundant.But we still have not hanve a comprehensive knowledgeabout chime-bells in despite of these research result.As a result,chime-bells becomea culture feature which is neither strange nor familiar.In order to have a farther anddeeper exploration,we must select a new visual angle,so I chose the cut-in point ofLarge combined chime-bells,which may help.As a kind of chime-bells,the formation of large combined chime-bells hadexperienced a long history,there're many factors which affected the gestation,naissance,growth,maturation,resplendence and break up of large combinedchime-bells directly.Among these factors,Li and Yue is very important.It includedabundant information of music temperament,the chimes'suspended music'and ritualmusical culture.For Large combined chime-bells,the group combination is the formand the combination of tone series is the content.The essence behind the change ofthe form and content is the change of the relation between Li and Yue.Thus,thisarticle takes the development course as the longitude,take the group and tone seriesas the latitude,take the chimes'suspended music'as the background,to make anintegrative study of the Large combined chime-bells under a mass of complicatedphenomena.According to the analyses of the group of chime-bells,we can beat out theproceeding track of the bronze bells,from single to group,from small to large,fromlarge to combination,and from the simple combination to complex combination.Thisarticle also analyze the different evolution clue in different kind bronze bells.Tone series analysis is also a central part of this thesis.It analyzed the process ofthe bronze bells,from single tone to the appearance of tone series,from small toneseries to big,and at last twelve intonations all ready.We find the tone series amongdifferent bronze bells is out of sync,and this article also goes deep into the discussionabout the reason of this phenomenon.The combination research is the incision point of this thesis.The combination ofdifferent groups,different kind bells and different tone series is the significantcharacter of Large-moduler combined chime-bells.Based on the analyses of the groupand tone series,this article paid big space to the discussion of different combining mode by different types' bells.It uncovered the growing track of the Large combinedchime-bells.Based on the discussion of the growing track of the Large combined chime-bells,this article elucidated the culture connotation reflected by vary modalities.In theshaping process of Large combined chime-bells,the relatively stabilization of thegroup,the tone series and the combination is always corresponding with thestabilization of system of rites and music.The breaking change of the group,the toneseries and the combination is always the token of the evolution of system of rites andmusic.It also manifested that the balance between Li and Yue had been broken.Thisis a mile-stone in the proceeding track of system of rites and music.By discussing onthe breaking change of the group,the tone series and the combination,this article builtup the pole beacon of the evolution of system of rites and music,analyzed the ebb andflow track of the system of rites and music in pre-Qin,and unclosed the contributionof Li and Yue in the rise and decline of chime-bells.