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Jing Music at Beijing Zhihuasi Temple
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| 27-Apr-2008 - |
Year: 2006
Sort: Folk Music
Area:Beijing
Serial No.: ?-65
Declarer: Beijing
ZhihuasiTemplewas built on the orders of Wang Zhen, chief eunuch in the court of Emperor Zhengtong of theMing Dynasty(1368 - 1644).
Legend says, from 1436 to 1440, more than three thousand court musicians were dismissed, and some of them converted into monks or nuns. It is believed that some of the monks of the Zhihuasi temple were among these dismissed musicians.
Zhihuasi temple is well known for its collection ofBuddhist music. Monks today continue to perform music from Buddhist rituals dating back to the late Ming Dynasty, using many instruments, including different gongs, sheng, a bamboo mouth organ, di, a kind of flute, and taigu, drums. Now, it has become a key representative of popular Buddhist music. |
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