中国音乐

Foreword

The Evolution of Chinese Music

Ancient Times

The Xia， Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties Io

The Spring and Autumn Period & the Warring States

Period

The Qin and Han Dynasties

The Period of the Three Kingdoms， the Western and

Eastern Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern

Dynasties

The Sui and Tang Dynasties

The Song and Yuan Dynasties

The Ming and Qing Dynasties

Affer1840

The Connotation of Ancient Music of China

Propriety and Music in Confucianism

The Dao （natural way） of Heaven

The Inwardness of Zen

Varieties of Chinese National Musical Instruments

A Large Musical Instrument System

Varieties of Unique Local Music

Chinese Folk Songs

Haozi Generated together with Labor

Free and Lyrical Mountain Songs

Beautiful and Melodious Ditty

Singing and Dancing of Ethnic Groups

Muqam of the Uygur Minority

Tibetan Folk Songs and Dances

Mongolian Folk Songs

Dongs Ka Lau

Miaos Folk Songs and Musical Instruments

Quyi Music of China

Singing Tunes with Storytelling

Singing while Walking

Chinese Music of the Time

Emergence of New Music Culture

Improvement of Chinese Instrumental Music

The Birth of New Opera

From Mass Songs to Pop Songs Creation

New Music in New Age

The Sino-foreign Exchange of Music

Starting with the Pitch Pipe

The Spread of Chinese Music

Appendix： Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties

Music reflects thoughts of people， sense of beauty and arts of the human being. It， in a special way， shows different cultures of people and concepts in the world. That is why it is considered as a gem in the history of human civilization. The Chinese music is of a unique style， featuring various form sand graceful expressions. The Chinese musical instruments， of different varieties and colorful tones， constitute an important part of the Chinese folk music， which， together with the Chinese operas， plays an important role in the development of Chinese culture. The exchanges and conflicts between the Chinese and Western culture can be extended to the music world. The Chinese music， after thousands of years of accumulation and development， has shown up a pattern featuring plentiful contents， classes and styles as well as coexistence of classical and pop music and coexistence of traditional and modern music.

Jin Jie was graduated from the Musicology Department of China Conservatory of Music. She stayed there as a teacher after graduation and has been working there since then. She is a member of the World Ethnic Music Societyunder the Chinese Musicians Association. She is also a member of the Jiu San Society. She was the music coordinator of the CCTV National Young Singers Contest in 2002 and2006. She has published Conductor Masters and the Performanco Famous Conductors，Famous Orchestras and Famous Gramophone Records.