What is the relationship between music and culture?

Music and culture both promote and restrict each other.

The production of music is closely related to culture. Music is rooted in culture, and culture and music blend, depend on and promote each other. From the music of a period, we can see the specific environment of this period and the cultural characteristics of different nationalities and regions.

Music can promote the cultural development of the same period, and good music can inspire people and purify the soul. Therefore, music originates from culture and is higher than culture at the same time.

Culture is the concept and thought formed by a nation or country in a certain period of time, which represents the values and behavior of this nation and country and reflects the living conditions of this group in a certain period of time. Music influences and infects people's minds and hearts through the influence of beauty. It is a bridge connecting national culture and regional culture, and it is the best way for national culture to last forever.

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Music is the representative of culture. It can arouse people's hearts and boost morale in a specific environment and region, and music can transform people's spiritual strength into infinite material strength. National music can present the historical civilization of a region or a nation, confirm the traces of the development of human civilization in this region or a nation, and lead people to a better tomorrow under the guidance of music.

For example, "Sizhu" in Jiangnan, "Guan Sheng" in Hebei and "Ancient Music" in Xi 'an all have ancient music scores handed down from generation to generation. Even the pop music with strong local color now can reflect the glory of these ancient regional cultures in the past and the splendor in today's music scene.

China's music and literature can generally be traced back to the era of the Yellow Emperor. According to archaeological findings, China's music can be traced back to more than 7,000 years ago, and the Chinese nation has created a rich musical culture in the long history of thousands of years. China's music once had a profound influence on the music around China.

At the same time, China music has been enriched and developed in the process of absorbing foreign musical elements, from the spread of Confucius' Six Arts to the Huqin in the Tang Dynasty, and then to modern western music. China is known as "the country of rites and music", and ancient music plays an important role in personality cultivation, cultural life and national etiquette. Confucius put forward the learning steps of "prospering in poetry, standing in ceremony and becoming happy".

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Music (Music Culture)