What are the characteristics of Xixia music? How to develop Xixia music?

Xixia people in the Central Plains love poetry philharmonic. Song Dynasty officials saw in Xixia that "as long as there is well water to drink, you can sing Liu Yong's words." There are many pictures reflecting Xixia music culture in the murals and rock paintings of Xixia Grottoes. Today, when we embark on a journey to the West and come to Dunhuang, a treasure house of ancient culture in Gansu Province, we will find that among the 77 Xixia caves in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, 1 1 caves painted with music and 17 murals painted with music.

There are two words Le Tu Cave in Anxi Xixia Cave, including two words Le Tu mural. These are the vivid history of Xixia music culture and musical instruments, and the artistic embodiment of Tangut Qiang people's real life music.

The Tangut Qiang nationality in Xixia is a nation that can sing and dance well and has a tradition of loving music. The music of Xixia is influenced and restricted by its national character, traditional ideas, customs and culture. Music itself has been integrated into all aspects of the Tangut Qiang people's war life, folk life and religious life, and has become one of the important means for the Tangut Qiang people to express their thoughts and feelings and unify their fighting spirit.

Li Yuanhao always carries wild battles with him. Renzhong of Xixia royal family and Chahan, a follower of Xixia, are both good singers. Xixia works

The early folk music of Qiang people who can sing and dance is simple, rough and powerful, and the musical instruments are relatively simple. For a long time, only pipa, flute and flute were used. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the music of the Tangut Qiang people began to be influenced by the music of the Central Plains, just as the Tangut Qiang people sang: "Learn Yao and Shun wholeheartedly, govern the people wholeheartedly, and follow Tang Wu wholeheartedly." Loyalty is the most precious thing. He is an elite and trustworthy. "After the founding of Li Yuanhao, Xixia music has developed greatly.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were music and dance institutions in Xixia to manage music affairs, and professional court musicians, artists and dancers served Xixia nobles. At this time, Xixia's music has been relatively perfect, including eight pieces of music and dance, broken branches, Daqu, music performance and singing, Gongdiao music theory, more than 70 kinds of musical instruments, band arrangement and arrangement, opera music, Buddhist music, Taoist music, polytheism music and so on.

Li Yuanhao ordered "five tones and one tone", which was the first music reform in Xixia. By the time of Renxiao, Xixia's music began again. During this period, Xixia music absorbed the nutrition of Tubo, Uighur, Liao, Jin and other countries and ethnic music, and became richer in form and content, forming its own unique style.

According to historical records: "In May of the sixth year of Yuanfeng, forty-two people from Mizhi Temple were called to play in Chongzheng Hall. All the music played is also pleasant. " This shows that Xixia music not only spread widely in China, but also spread to the Central Plains and other regions through official or Silk Road merchants, envoys and wars, and influenced neighboring countries.

In addition, Xixia music also has a certain influence on the development of meta-music. In addition to court music, there are birthday music in Xixia, such as "At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Si enjoyed drinking all his life"; Sacrificial music, such as "Deming welcomes the coffin" and "When the coffin goes, all kinds of musical instruments sing together" when Xixia people are cremated.