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The Unique Sound

Posted on:2012-09-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L J WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2215330341451436Subject:Religious Studies
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In the academia, the study of buddhist music in China is not a very popular areas.And this topic proposed reveals its characteristics, cultural function, especially in the field of treatment in the future the positive significance of music by the Chinese buddhist music culture pectination and readings, and combined with the relevant knowledge, try cross-subjects. The main way is literature reading, and with historical background, comprehensive comparison method, analysis and other methods. Introduction of Chinese music history and the development of Chinese Buddhism, the showing of type or style of this cultural features and social functions, and the revealing of the importance of research will make us realize the importance of protecting it for the future, and its social and cultural development, especially music in the field of treatment for the role. The study of Chinese Buddhism makes them clear that the importance of protecting buddhist music because it is precious cultural legacy of the Chinese nation, the melodic, and beneficial to health of body and mind; analysis of the internal functions of its religion, giving play to the greatest advantage, can help to promote buddhist cultural development; analysis with other social culture or the relationship between cross subject, in order to promote and push each other culture and social development.In fact, as the era of progress, technology developed, material life get rich, but for modern causes all sorts of levels of disability and obsession become lower. Buddhist music is the historical and cultural heritage, it can mold healthy body and mind.As a "far, virtual, pale, static" music, the buddhist music is part of the Chinese nation, the religious music. Without study of music relationship with the religion, nobody can learn buddhism or buddhism music, if that ,all will seem to be very strange things.The buddhist music, having thousands of years of development history, is undoubtedly the a neglected component of buddhist cultures. Buddhism spread, develope in China for more than 2,000 years, at present, our country still completely retained buddhism's main factions, and its favoured music,especially in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Shanxi, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Hhejiang, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong province. The existence and development of the buddhist culture, is not only a very important part of Chinese buddhist music, but also contributes to the unique artistic culture framework. Chinese buddhist music, on the one hand, maintenance and publicize the doctrine of buddhist scriptures, sing praise buddhist dharma and peaceful, advocating the sentient beings, on the other hand, to convert the derdopment as far as possible,subtly spreading to the masses truth in history, playing in the big social ethical education function, is Chinese music culture, but also the important part of what precious cultural legacy. Facing the social history of development, buddhist music should also continue to think its own at the same time.The whole social culture infuse more fresh strength,and this requires buddhist music and other cultural for reference each other to get mutual confluence. For example, from the angle of music therapy, religion is human indispensable phenomenon. Here is shown as a kind of backing, lacked of Buddhism, the human spirit and life perhaps become more fragile. Protecting the Buddhism culture essence, the music culture study may make music therapy more powerful. Similarly, combination, interaction between buddhist music and other culture or disciplines, will carry great significance to social advance.It is also needed that the research and the protect of Chinese buddhism music culture.
Keywords/Search Tags:the Chinese buddhist, buddhist music, ritual music, the function of music
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