Integration And Innovation Elements Of Buddhist Music And Pop Music Elements

In recent years, with the development of Chinese pop music, the pop musiccultural exchanges between China and the West are increasingly frequent. A largenumber of western pop music is pouring into China, at the same time, more and moreChinese excellent works begin to appear on the world stage, obtaining the attentionand good reputation.The musician of "Alive", Sa Dingding, won the " BBC World Music Awards "-the best artist in the Asia-Pacific region in2008."Alive" combines a variety ofmusic elements based on electronic music and Tibetan Buddhist music. This fusion ofthe pop and the Buddhist music is a successful innovation of the Chinese pop music inrecent years.Many factors prove that if Chinese pop music wants to go to the world, itshould be based on nationality. The combination of pop and traditional music givesthis kind of works more vitality. The Buddhist music is the major part of Chinesetraditional culture. The Buddhist music spreaded into China from India in secondCentury B.C.. After long-term Chinese assimilation, it has formed three Buddhistmusic system: Mahayana Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism and Hinayana Buddhism.They have their own style: multi-level type and profound religious meaning. The popmusic creation provides rich traditional culture materia.The World Fusion music become a trend today. How to apply the Buddhist musicelements in the Chinese pop music is the difficulty and innovation of the research.This paper analyze this album "Alive" as a successful case, hoping to give somevaluable exploration about the fusion of Buddhist and pop music.