A Study On The Musical Culture And Life Of The Guqin In The Heian Period In Japan

As early as in the Heian Period of more than 1000 years ago,the Chinese instrument "Guqin" experienced a rapid rise and fall in Japan.As a foreign musical instrument,the "Guqin" instrument has not experienced organized and systematic spread throughout the Heian Period in Japan.However,in many existing literates of the Heian Period,the "Guqin" instrument is mentioned,which is enough to see the success of the "Guqin" instrument in the Heian Period of Japan.In Japan,there has always been a saying that the "Guqin" have been cut off since the medieval times.Therefore,this subject collects as many historical materials related to the "Guqin" in the period of peace as possible from the political and political history,the collection of Chinese poetry,the Japanese novels,the documentary books,the Genus-books,the series of books and other documents in the Heian Period,and then makes further research and Analysis on the documents to collecting truth.And as far as possible to restore the Heian Period of Japanese aristocratic music life,and summed up the law.In order to explore what kind of status the "Guqin",which is regarded as "the treasure of the king" by Japanese scholars,appeared in the daily life of the aristocrats in the Heian Period,and why it rose rapidly in just 200 years but disappeared as a flash in the pan.And then summed up the experience,find out the key points to propagate the contemporary "Guqin" music.The main content of this paper is divided into the following chapters.The first chapter: The "Guqin" in the literature of Heian period and its discrimination method.First of all,to confirm the existence of the "Guqin" and related documents and historical materials in the period of Heian period.According to three methods of "direct discrimination","literature discrimination" and "literature comparison",we can find out whether the "Qin" in the literature is the Chinese "Guqin".The secondchapter: the noble Qin player and their characteristics of playing the "Guqin" in the early Heian period.Firstly,find out the identity characteristics of 18 representative nobles in the period of Heian,and analyzed the mode of musical transmission of Japanese nobles in the Heian period.Then analyzes the specific performance characteristics of the noble Qin player and the "localization" of the "Guqin" music in Japan.Finally,from the Han poetry works of the aristocrats in the Heian period,the paper explores the musical thoughts and aesthetic ideas of the Japanese aristocrats in the Heian period under the influence of the Han literature.The third chapter: first of all,to explores the influence and characteristics of the "Guqin" in the literature of the tales in the age of the Qin skills had been lost.Secondly,from the works of the nobles of the Heian period,this paper explores the main reasons for the rise and fall of the "Guqin" in Japan,and summarizes the experience for the domestic and abroad spread of the contemporary "Guqin" instrument provide theoretical basis and help.