From The Grand Piece Of Song And Dance To "the Grand Piece Of Mixed Drama"

The grand piece of Song and Dance is a kind of musical forms of song and dance. It had long history and widespread influence.In my opinion, the grand piece of Song and Dance originated from Xian Oin period. Through the development in the Wei Jin period, it grew into its maximum in Tang dynasty. Start from the end of Tang dynasty, the prosperity of the grand piece of Song and Dance was on the wane gradually and the main of Chinese ancient music culture began to transit from the grand piece of Song and Dance to Xi Qu. Meanwhile, with the rising and developing of Mixed Drama, the grand piece of Song and Dance presented some new characteristics step by step. Given this background, a new musical form came into being. It is the the grand piece of Mixed Drama. It mainly told stories through singing and dancing. It had characteristics of both the grand piece of Song and Dance and traditional Chinese Opera. Many ancient literatures contain such examples.Here I will assign the origin of the grand piece of Song and Dance simply and analyse its variation in Song dynasty, in order to refresh the process that the grand piece of Song and Dance changed into the grand piece of Mixed Drama briefly. At the same time, I also introduce my simple views on the study of the the grand piece of Song and Dance.