A Study Of Music And Traditional Culture In Classics Of Han Dynasties Version

The Classics in two han dynasties,which led first overall pros-perity,mainly reflected in the Collation and annotation of Classics.Combined wi th the Dong Zhongshu's the Theory of Yinyang,Five Elements,and corre spondence between human and heaven.The two han dynasties Classics w as no more a pure Confucius Classics.Therefore,the orthodox idea in ha n was the philosophy of harmony of man with nature based on the Yinya ng and Five Elements.In the eyes of the ancients,the universe was a harm onious and complete unity.The ancients took rites and music seriously.T hey believed that it could reach spirit world,order human relations,change custom,and straight education,etc.Consequently,some man of learning in h an dynasties,consciously connected the music culture between music and other category ones during the annotation of Classics,which further enriche d the cultural connotation.From the point of macroscopic view,all of the m,including Protocol and music'Mutual correspondence,music as Yang a nd protocol as Yin,are supplementary to each other,and one falls,another rises with combination each other so that promote harmony of oneself a nd human relation(society).During two dynasties,the function of music's p olitical indoctrination overweighted that of aestheticent entertainment.In t erms of aesthetic ideal,the han dynasties seeked the style of keeping cou ntenance and the ideal unity between thought and art.From microscope,the music's content,such as pentatonic scale,eight categories of materials(metal,stone,string,bamboo,gourd,clay,leather and wood),12 temperament,and the arrangement in orchestra and music plays,riched in cultural connotation.P entatonic scale based on Five elements philosophy.The connection among pentatonic scale,Five elements and five constant virtues,represents the dem and for adaption to new age development.The arrangement among pentato nic scale,12 months,4 seasons,12 nocturnal time divisions,and 24 solar ter ms is not a strained interpretation on simple figures,but the representation of Yinyang accompanied by the arrangements between pentatonic scale a nd climate and phenology in a lunar month.After deep research on it,thi s paperconsiders that Classic scholar in two dynasties use many factors to metaphor other cultural items,which originally came from "the sage Li to do as intended' in The book of changes,pentatonic scale,eight categories of materials(metal,stone,string,bamboo,gourd,clay,leather and wood),12 temp erament.The cultural connotation they have,namely outside meanings.The universal concept in han dynasties lay the music as center and Yinyan,Fi ve elements as foundation,undertaking the unitary model with combinatio n of human with nature and universe,which is in agreement with oriental integrative thinking.China usually enjoy the reputation of being �a land o f protocol and music�,its glory moisturises every all people of Chinese de scendants in spite of the passing splendid rites and music in long history.