Analysis of the Transformation of Elegant and Popular Music from Zhou to Han Dynasty Based on the Nature of Musical Entertainment

Introduction

Abstract

During the development of Chinese music history, the debate and research of the relationship between "elegance" and "popular" have never ceased. The development of ancient Chinese music has always involved arguments between "elegance" and "popular", and it can be said that the paradox of coexistence between the elegant and the popular has always existed in China's long-standing music culture. In ancient China, Since the ritual music system established in Western Zhou Dynasty, the contradictory coexistence of elegance and popular has always been in constant struggle, and at the same time, in this struggle, elegant and popular music have also been able to integrate and develop. This paper, based on the issues of struggle and integrated development, focuses on the analysis of the changes between elegant and popular music from the Western Zhou’s ritual music to the Han’s music, starting from the perspective of ancient Chinese music and the nature of musical entertainment.