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Research on the Relationship between Buddhism Music and the Music for Palace Ceremony

Sun Yu

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Buddhism does not have music creation system independent of the secular community,take-ismand national given music formedsecular music used for Buddhism, which was a main tradition for its creation and triggered a relationship between Buddhism music and the music for palace ceremony. Since no music sheet materials existed before the Dynasties Ming and Qing, it could not make the comparative analysis. The Emperor Yongle of Ming Dynasty issued Zhu Fo S-hizun Rulai Pusa Zunzhe Mingcheng Gequ(The Song of the Name of Bodhisattva Tathagata), which adapted from secular tune, highlighted intricate relationship between Buddhism music and the music for palace ceremony, compared the music sheets of Wutai Mountain Buddhism and the music for palace ceremony in the Dynasties Ming and Qing evidenced the kinship between the music usage with two different functions. That more than one use of a song triggered a relationship among multi usages of music, which blinded by its true origin and cultural affiliation, and it also made current situation of the same tune classified differently.

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Buddhism does not have music creation system independent of the secular community,take-ismand national given music formedsecular music used for Buddhism, which was a main tradition for its creation and triggered a relationship between Buddhism music and the music for palace ceremony. Since no music sheet materials existed before the Dynasties Ming and Qing, it could not make the comparative analysis. The Emperor Yongle of Ming Dynasty issued Zhu Fo S-hizun Rulai Pusa Zunzhe Mingcheng Gequ(The Song of the Name of Bodhisattva Tathagata), which adapted from secular tune, highlighted intricate relationship between Buddhism music and the music for palace ceremony, compared the music sheets of Wutai Mountain Buddhism and the music for palace ceremony in the Dynasties Ming and Qing evidenced the kinship between the music usage with two different functions. That more than one use of a song triggered a relationship among multi usages of music, which blinded by its true origin and cultural affiliation, and it also made current situation of the same tune classified differently.

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Buddhism does not have music creation system independent of the secular community,take-ismand national given music formedsecular music used for Buddhism, which was a main tradition for its creation and triggered a relationship between Buddhism music and the music for palace ceremony. Since no music sheet materials existed before the Dynasties Ming and Qing, it could not make the comparative analysis. The Emperor Yongle of Ming Dynasty issued Zhu Fo S-hizun Rulai Pusa Zunzhe Mingcheng Gequ(The Song of the Name of Bodhisattva Tathagata), which adapted from secular tune, highlighted intricate relationship between Buddhism music and the music for palace ceremony, compared the music sheets of Wutai Mountain Buddhism and the music for palace ceremony in the Dynasties Ming and Qing evidenced the kinship between the music usage with two different functions. That more than one use of a song triggered a relationship among multi usages of music, which blinded by its true origin and cultural affiliation, and it also made current situation of the same tune classified differently.

Key concepts: Buddhism, Ceremony, Sacred music, Art, Emperor, Literature, History, Visual arts

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