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Being a country of ceremony and decorum¸ the nobility in the ancient Chinese society were well educated. To meet the class and individuals honor, they developed a variety of ways. This also influenced the civilians. Music is one of the means, which is rich in unique and specialized contents. Chinese culture has many complicated rituals, and therefore derivative many special ceremony music. Predecessors had worked hard on the integration between music and ceremony and well-documented and divided them. Emperors and nobles own theirs, however, the civilians own theirs. with ritual and music glory and honor to convey the show. Therefore, in response to different situations, ceremonies, and social classes, ritual music and unique playing patterns developed. Funeral ceremonies can simply be divided into three parts: "Dying breathe to death", "period of mourning", and "funeral farewell ceremony". The main discussion of this essay is to focus on the "Funeral farewell ceremony” schedule on that day and how the Chinese music applied and presented.
Firstly, the motivation of the study stated subject, purpose and scope, through a literature review of the context of the development of Chinese music; secondly carding processes and contents of modern funeral farewell ceremony, including the ritual instrument walker, before laying ceremony, boot ceremony, family memorial ritual formula, causing appreciation ceremony, ceremonial public memorial ceremony, visited the mortal remains ceremony, boot ceremony laying ceremony ; seven stages in total; third farewell ceremony process and content of the music application example, organize the ceremony and music with the selection method for the above funeral; Finally, it discusses funeral farewell ceremony and music features and effects, which explore the function and effect of the general ceremony, personalized design, musicians songs of the function and effect, which explore the function and effect of the general ceremony, personalized design, musicians songs of the function and effect, Chinese music playing features, music express emotion functions.
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