| Yu Di Ji Sheng is a Book of geography and stone carving compiled by Wang Xiangzhi of the Southern Song Dynasty,with a total of 200 volumes.When compiling the book,the author collects all the books of the world geography,the inscriptions on gold and stone and the local chronicles,and absorbs the essence of them to revise the mistakes in the book,so as to make detailed investigations and explorations in various areas.Influenced by the style of study in Song Dynasty,the author paid special attention to epigraphy,steles,stone inscriptions and other related contents,and collected and used a large number of epigraphy materials and other achievements of epigraphy works in this book.In addition,it abandons the strong political color in the previous geographers,and has a more prominent subjective consciousness of serving itself and the people.It opens a new compilation form to reflect the geographical content with poems,four or six stories and biographies from an innovative point of view,and adds rich humanistic content to the book.It pays attention to the textual research of historical materials,and makes bold innovation,so as to make the content of Yu Di Ji Sheng more vivid Dynamic rich,comprehensive and detailed,has become a classic.There are 118 pieces of music historical materials in Yu Di Ji Sheng,including59 pieces of music historical materials for song and dance(including poetry and song and dance)and 59 pieces of music historical materials for musical instruments.It can be seen that the number of music historical materials for song and dance and musical instruments is relatively average.In the part of poetry collection,most of the poems in the book are poems of Tang Dynasty and Northern Song Dynasty,such as Bai Juyi’s Pipa line,Li Bai’s listening to the flute on the Yellow Crane Tower with Shi Zhongqin and so on.There are many poems with music as the theme of poetry,which reflect the integration and sublimation of poetry and music art at that time,and vividly depict the charm of music with poetry art In the novel,the author’s true feelings are infused,and the silent music is depicted with exquisite and gorgeous writing style.The song and dance part includes many royal and folk songs and dances,including "Shao music","Ta ti" and "Bayu dance".These songs and dances were an art form used by people at that time to express their thoughts,feelings and will.They were not only indispensable partners in human life,but also could understand the spiritual temperament of the Chinese nation through these national songs and dances.There are many kinds of musical instruments with rich contents,such as flute,ancient Qing,bronze drum,drum,diaoyouzhong,guqin,wuxianqin,etc.Each of these musical instruments has its own distinctive characteristics and different functions.They can be used for court banquets,praying for heaven or entertainment for the common people.Even playing different genres of music with the same musical instrument can produce different artistic expressions,and each type has its own unique charm.And the record of precious stone musical instruments,such as "Diaoyu bell","Tongzhong","Qibao bell" and so on,is valuable for the development and research of ancient Chinese music history and stone music.Through research,we can trace the historical materials of music,such as "Ta ti","Ba Yu dance","fan Ge","Wuxian Qin","Yu Qing","Sui Zhong","Tang Xianheng Zhong",and analyze their specific origin,time,function and spread,which is of certain value to improve the historical materials of music in ancient Chinese music history.In doubt,music historical materials include "Shao music","yufuqin","diaoyouzhong","qibaozhong" and so on.Due to the lack of detailed historical records of its origin or location,function and spread in the book of Yu Di Ji Sheng,it is impossible to make in-depth analysis and clear textual research on some cases of some music historical materials The analysis of the facts and functions in the specific years also has certain significance for the retention and development of this kind of music historical materials.Finally,it concludes that the most important value and contribution of music historical materials in Yu Di Ji Sheng is to verify some historical facts of Song Dynasty music and unearthed musical instruments,correct some long-standing fallacies,express many authors’ personal experience and what they have seen and heard,and broaden our understanding of Song Dynasty music,musical instruments and daily necessities The ancient songs,dances and musical instruments in the collection are of great significance to the study of ancient music history and Jinshi music in China,and fill some gaps.At the same time,it also provides valuable historical materials for music archaeology,which has great historical value,addendum value and artistic value for Chinese music history. |
