Unearthed Instrument Study

This article is about the late Shang Dynasty capital of instruments unearthed in the YinXu research, musical instruments of the region, the instrument itself the attributes and characteristics of the study.It Used of underground archaeological materials and handed down documented proof of the two-proof of the Research methods, on ancient Chinese musical history of the Shang Dynasty Wang Ji in the region of the Division of the history of musical instruments to make more detailed description, the performance of the Shang Dynasty to the late Wang Ji in the form of music culture.This paper is divided into four parts on:Partâ… : YinXu instrument of archaeological discovery and background profile. Shang Dynasty music and cultural understanding of the need to first make a brief overview of the YinXu and comprehensive overview. In the first instrument from the YinXu archaeological tombs found in the distribution of regional music and culture stage for a detailed summary so that the instruments unearthed in the YinXu is a preliminary concept, a brief understanding. Secondly, the Yin Dynasty a brief overview of social life. The people's life from the state of the Yin Dynasty, the whole of the Shang Dynasty culture and the arts community and religious beliefs proceed through the Shang Dynasty social and cultural background, below the stage for the emergence of musical instruments, in order to explore the distribution of the Shang Dynasty musical instruments and musical instruments behind reflects what kind of music culture.Partâ…¡: Summary of instruments unearthed in YinXu. The article summed up by the nature of scientific archaeological excavations, Archaeological Finds point of view, musical instruments unearthed in the YinXu were more comprehensive statistics and concluded. Because of restrictions on the times, the Shang Dynasty there can be no modern instruments classification system so perfect, so I will temporarily inspect musical instruments in wind musical instruments, idiophones instruments and membrane instruments unearthed in the YinXu.The wind musical instruments are Xun, Yue of bone;the type of idiophones instruments are Qing, Yong, Fou; the category of membrane instrument is drum. For there is no physical remains unearthed of string instruments, not to repeat them. It is in the Shang Dynasty specific historical background, coupled with the Zhou Dynasty more comprehensive Bayin classification, which is a bronze bell type of instrument, an instrument category Qing , Xun type instrument dependent territories, a leather drum type instruments, in YinXu in the available scientific excavation. Bayin classification and referred to in silk, wood, Pao, bamboo musical instruments, although Oracle-Bone has been recorded, such as music, keys, and Yu, the statement, but because there is no specific physical Remains unearthed, And the area that such instruments are not included in the study of the scope of this paper, after scientific archaeological excavations to be supplemented.Partâ…¢: Structural elements of the YinXu instruments ornamentation. Archaeological finds a long history of the instrument, then the sound of their data alone can not speculate on the senses, so the only way to study music only through the type of analysis and audio data to be collected. Most scholars study music instruments of the Shang Dynasty, more on-the sound of their own research and temperament, less involved in the underlying instruments related data, such as instrument-type, casting, inscriptions, the common surface decoration. This is called the four elements of musical instruments. Therefore, the author of the musical instruments of these four elements set out specific instruments and the four elements of the exchanges. Of course, this musical instruments unearthed for the Division, Fenwick, and other aspects of research, are very important infrastructure work, is also an important part of the insurmountable. Only under the premise of these studies, and other related research can be built on a solid and reliable the conduct of the platform. In addition, the inscriptions and ornamentation of musical instruments dating one of the main factors, the paper will focus on behalf of the important patterns of a Taotie, the common patterns of the Shang Dynasty belong to the main profile, as musical instruments surface Taotie .The notable features, the text of the Taotie made a detailed evaluation. Taotie instrument is the emergence of prominent status symbol, and highlights the instruments in the Shang Dynasty's political status. There are other patterns Kui Long, Owl, rugulosa, fish, and so on. The diversity of types of music reflect the diversity of its type, and a variety of decoration of the Shang Dynasty is the concept of a belief reflected.Inscriptions, as the Shang dynasty inscriptions smaller font, up inspection is not convenient, but for most of the ethnic Hui Fang Shang Dynasty, such as Gu,Zhong,Yuan,YaZhang inscriptions.Partâ…£: YinXu instruments to reflect the late Shang Dynasty Wang Ji music culture. Instrument itself is unique, Shangwang senior aristocratic tombs or tombs unearthed in the instrument more specificity, which determines the musical instruments unearthed in the YinXu is the main and ancillary components of the special meaning - as a major instrument tomb Tomb of the prominent status and identity Symbol. Instrument reflects the nobility of the late Shang Dynasty is still sound concept, which is described in the literature of the future, people in Yin Dynasty was the Sound of proof. In addition, from the Shang Dynasty nobles degree of attention to musical instruments, and musical instruments and the ceremony's close relationship, I can see a musical instrument with the social and political significance of the Shang Dynasty to music of governance. In the Shang Dynasty, the Fang enfeoffment often tribute the nobles instruments, musical instruments tribute is a very important one, as instruments of communication noble and emperor and the bridge has become an important means of cultural exchange. The article finally unearthed from the YinXu on the instrument rose to YinXu Wang Ji music and cultural connotations, and to further explore the Shang Dynasty music and cultural exchange situation.To sum up, musical instruments YinXu of Shang Dynasty marks the emergence of the music has developed to a higher level of musical instruments unearthed from the YinXu of the visual image, detailed information on archaeological musical instruments, musical instruments behind to reflect the enormous cultural content, are to Music culture of the most powerful proof. The YinXu culture, we have also to further the understanding and improved, extensive and profound culture of the Shang music.