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Traditional Chinese music includes instrumental music, folk songs, operas, and theater.

Traditional music

Traditional music, stretching over thousands of years contains many aesthetic qualities, it is the concentrated embodiment of the special nature of a certain musical thought, is the crystallization of musical ideology. It is the crystallization of musical ideology. The thinking habits of a country or a nation have an inestimable role in the formation and development of its aesthetic consciousness.

In today's Chinese music, there are not only rich historical resources, but also rich folk tradition resources. These resources are living traditions, and they attract the interest of Chinese and foreign scholars. According to Chinese traditional music theory, Chinese folk music can be divided into four categories.

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Chinese instrumental music can be divided into two categories: solo and ensemble. The solo music is again divided into the categories of bowed string, plucked, wind, and percussion. Similarly, the ensemble category can be further divided into stringed music, silk and bamboo music, wind and pipe music, drumming and blowing music, and blowing and beating music. These five types of ensemble music constitute the essence of traditional Chinese music.

There are more than 300 local opera styles in China. These operas can be divided into four categories according to their music: Pihuang Cavity; Bangzi Cavity: Kun Cavity; and Gao Cavity. Peking Opera belongs to the Pihuang cavity.

Folk songs are the basis of all kinds of folk music. In China, due to the vastness of the country and the large population, there are colorful folk songs in different places. Generally speaking, Chinese folk songs can be divided into three main categories: mountain songs; ditties; and labor songs.

China's folk dances are also very diverse and have different styles. The most popular ones are Yangge; Waist Drums; Dry Boat Running; Lanterns; Tea Picking; and so on.

Traditional Chinese music refers to the music created by the Chinese people using their own inherent methods and taking their own inherent forms with their own inherent characteristics, including not only the ancient works that have been produced and handed down in history, but also contemporary works. It can be seen that traditional music includes national music but not new music, but they are all "Chinese music".

In fact, "folk music", "traditional music" and "folk music" are three different concepts: "folk music" includes traditional music and new music. "Ethnic music" includes traditional music and new music; while "folk music" is only a category of traditional music. And our national music is very rich, in addition to folk music, also includes court music, religious music and literati music.