After the demise of Shang Dynasty, the royal family of Western Zhou Dynasty established a set of detailed etiquette and music system, which marked the formal establishment of China court dance. ? A gift? Refers to rituals such as sacrifice and pilgrimage. Le? Refers to companionship? A gift? Music and dance. The ritual and music system in the Zhou Dynasty has two basic contents, one is to stipulate the level, and the other is to stipulate that the music and dance accompanying the ceremony are basically elegant music.

According to the rites and music system of the Zhou Dynasty, people with different occasions and identities not only have different manners, but also use different music and musical instruments, and their grades are very strict. According to "Zhou Li? Chun Guan recorded: If you sacrifice to the gods, do you play the yellow bell, sing Lu Da and jump the "Cloud Gate"? . When offering sacrifices to the land, do you play too many clusters and ring bells and dance "salty pool"? . Sacrifice mountains and rivers? Pretend to be a guest, sing a bell and dance "Summer"? . When you look around, what do you want? Play Gu Xi and sing Lu Nan? Dance "Jiu Shao". When you enjoy the first time, do you want it? Play a foreigner and sing Xiao Lu? Dance "Dayun". What do you want when you enjoy your ancestors? Play without shooting, sing with a clock? Dance "Da Wu". When the two gentlemen meet, they use the elegant "King of Literature"; Xiaoya's Luming Literature, Four Degrees, and Flowers of Huang Huangzhe were used to give a banquet for visiting envoys. Another example is the "Song Yong" used by the emperor for ancestor worship, but the literati can't use it. In Zhou Yayue, instrumental music, dance and singing are often performed separately, not completely together. Dance is accompanied by flute-like pipes and songs, and singing is accompanied by stringed or reed instruments. Instrumental music is called. Zou Jin? It is an ensemble of bells, drums and chimes. ? Zou Jin? The specifications are very high, only emperors and princes have them. Doctors and doctors can only use drums alone. Can you see it then? Six generations of music and dance? That is, the Cloud Gate of the Yellow Emperor, the Fairy Pool of Yao, Jiu Shao of Shun, Daxia of Yu, Dayun of Shang and Great Martial Arts of Zhou.

The Zhou Dynasty paid special attention to the function of rites and music. The official big dance and small dance are all court dances, and the number of musicians in music and dance institutions reaches 1500. Yuefu was established in the Han Dynasty, which specially collected and arranged folk music and dances for the court to enjoy. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, court dance reached its peak. The official music and dance institutions include Jiao Fangsi, Liyuan Academy and Taichang Temple. A large number of artists have been trained, and large-scale court music and dances such as Seven Songs, Nine Songs and Ten Songs have been created. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, there was a full-time court dance team, which was also quite artistic. Many countries in the world also had court dances in history, such as ballet and minuet in Europe, which were monopolized by the court for a while. Another example is Japanese gagaku and Korean country music. ;