Research On The Relation Between Guchui In Six Dynasties And Five Rites System

Guchui, known in the beginning of Han Dynasty, developing through Xi Han and Dong Han ,came into the most important music form, when there were one name ,fixed musical form and government organization-Guchui office, which attributed to the combination of Cuchui and Five Rites. Five Rites, coming from Zhou Rites, became one kind of systems in Six Dynasties, which was accepted by following feudal dynasties. Five Rites, which was the key reason for mature of Guchui, provided powerful force for the development of Guchui music .Not only did they stipulate form, style and performing system of Guchui, but provided important carrier for succession, which accounted for the reservation of it for more than 1,000 years.Guchui, as one kind of music, also influenced the being of Five Rtes. Even systematization and frame of Five Rites could reflect such influence .It's not exaggerated to say that Guchui enforced Five Rites to be systemic and practical.All in all, the practical usage of Guchui in social regulation was the social background of systematization of Five Rites, and put forward the reform of national rites. Meanwhile, systematization of Five Rites influenced the form and style of Guchui. Through the interaction of each other, they were one their way to be mature and fixed.