1. What is China traditional music? What are the components of China traditional music?

"China traditional music" refers to the music created by the people of China with their own inherent methods and forms, which has its own inherent morphological characteristics.

China traditional music includes folk music, literati music, religious music and court music.

Among them, folk music includes folk songs, national instrumental music, national songs and dances, opera music and rap music; Literati music includes guqin music, poetry chanting and literati self-tuning;

Religious music includes Buddhist music, Taoist music, Christian music, Islamic music, Shamanism and other religious music; Court music includes sacrificial music, court music, welcome music, sightseeing music and banquet music.

Extended data:

The division of traditional music was first seen in the Introduction to National Music compiled by China Conservatory of Music, which can be divided into five categories: songs, song and dance music, rap music, opera and instrumental music. However, most colleges and universities incorporate song and dance music into folk songs in their teaching, so it becomes four categories: folk songs, national instrumental music, folk art (that is, "rap") music and opera music.

Actually, "national music", "traditional music" and "folk music" are three different concepts: "national music" includes traditional music and new music; And "folk music" is just a category of traditional music. And our national music is very rich, besides folk music, it also includes court music, religious music and literati music.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Traditional Music