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How is the traditional music in China classified?

China traditional music is divided into court music, religious music, literati music and folk music, namely instrumental music, traditional opera music, folk songs and national musical instruments. 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 and Taoist music. Palace music is the ritual music after the late Qing Dynasty.