Vietnamese Music The ancient music of Vietnam is mostly temple music. Chinese elegant music, Confucian music (including music dedicated to Confucius), Taoist music, and Indian Buddhist ritual music, as well as the performance methods and instruments used for these music, were introduced to Vietnam as early as the 10th century. By the 15th to 18th centuries, in music theory (such as temperament, scales, modes, gongchipu, etc.), musical instruments (such as yueqin, sanxian, pipa, erhu, zither, flute, etc.), as well as opera music (such as mocking opera), rap music (such as Dagu Ci) are similar to Chinese. Ancient elegant songs accompanied by Yueqin and Zheng: "Zheng Wu", "Southern Ai", "Southern Spring", "Flowing Water"; ancient songs: "Lianlian", "Money", "Yuanxiao", "Dragon and Tiger", etc., nowadays Although it is no longer sung or performed, the music score is still preserved. In the mid-19th century, Western music began to be introduced to Vietnam, especially the southern seaport cities, which were deeply influenced by the music of France and other European countries. After the Second World War, Vietnamese music workers devoted themselves to collecting folk songs, exploring national heritage, and developing and creating new national music culture. Vietnam is a multi-ethnic country. In addition to more than 80% of Beijing residents, there are more than 60 ethnic minorities. Folk music is mainly folk songs. According to its traditional classification habits, folk songs are divided into six categories: "speaking", "yining", "hugging", "singing", "slang" and "song". Among them, "singing" alone includes "Tao Singing", "Jiao Singing", "Spring Singing", "Blind Singing", "Dinggu", "Gonghu", etc., among which "Bac Ninh Gonghu" is the most famous. It has become an important source of modern music creation in Vietnam. The singing form of folk songs is mostly duet singing by male and female groups. The contents are mostly about worshiping gods and heaven, folk stories, love, labor chants, lullabies, etc. Vietnamese music is mostly composed of pentatonic scales without semitones, but there are also hexatonic and heptatonic scales. There are 5 modes, which are often used interchangeably. Due to the six tones of the Vietnamese language, Vietnamese music has the characteristics of large intervals, wide range, and many portamentos. The music of its southern region is slightly different from that of the north. The main national musical instruments used in Vietnam today are: duxianqin, sixteen-stringed zither, erhu, yueqin, three-stringed flute, transverse flute, suona, conch, gong (including a set of 30 gongs), wooden fish, bells, Delangqin ( Also known as Bamboo Qin) as well as big drum, small drum, etc. In the coastal provinces of central Vietnam, the song known as hat ba trao is a traditionally popular song to worship the sea god. A kind of music called hat chau van is a hypnotic spell that uses music, rhythm and chanting to hypnotize people. Buddhist music is divided into two styles: tan, or hymns, and tung, or Buddhist prayers. Tan uses strings and percussion instruments to accompany syncopated rhythms; while tung is a hymn about knowledge and light, chanted by monks and constantly beating wooden fish. Chamber music was a small ensemble of instruments that performed for a select intellectual audience, and it was confined to large cities. The most popular music is called Dao, whose name comes from a historical story when the Ming Dynasty of China invaded Vietnam in the 15th century. In the military battles at that time, all weapons came in handy, including beautiful women and music in one war. A country girl from Dao Village in Hai Hung Province used her beauty, dance, songs and music to divert the attention of the Ming Dynasty army and buy time for her compatriots to organize a guerrilla counterattack. Hat A Dao, or the Dao Village Woman's Song, was composed by a group of government scholars to commemorate the heroine's beauty, wisdom, and patriotism. Each region in Vietnam has its own musical tradition, as do the country's more than 50 ethnic minorities. However, generally speaking, Vietnamese music is divided into two categories, one is dieu kach or northern tunes influenced by China; the other is southern tunes with slower rhythm and cultural sadness. Folk music in the form of melodies is composed by villagers and is mainly used to express rural life. This music is divided into several broad categories. Lullaby, called hat run in the north, ru em in the middle, and au o in the south; work song or roar (ho); eternal love song ly. Every region, every season, every type of work and every leisure activity has its own howl and lynch song. Roaring is a high-pitched and long sound used to arouse people to work. The lead singer starts singing, and then the rest of the staff join in and sing back. The most popular roar song is a song called Ho Mia Nhi, usually sung by young boat girls on Hue's Fragrant River. The lyrics are structured like poetry. The four lines of this roar song express the feeling of the river rushing by. Think and feel deeply.