1. According to Records of Rites and Music in Han Dynasty, Yuefu was a court office established by the feudal dynasty in Han Dynasty to manage music. Yuefu originated in the Qin Dynasty, and the name Yuefu was adopted in the Han Dynasty. In 65438 BC+065438 BC+02 BC, Yuefu was formally established in the Han Dynasty. Yuefu was mainly in charge of music, supervising the collection of folk songs from all over the country, and matching them with music to facilitate singing at court banquets or sacrifices.
2. The Han, Wei and Six Dynasties were famous for Yuefu folk songs. Yuefu collected a large number of poems from the people. Later, people called the poems collected and created by this institution Yuefu Poetry, or Yuefu for short. By the Tang Dynasty, although the scores of these poems had long been lost, this form followed, becoming a poetic genre with no strict meter and close to five or seven words.
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First, Yuefu was the permanent music management department of the imperial court before the Western Han Dynasty mourned the emperor. The Chief Executive is a Yuefu Order, which belongs to Shaofu and is one of the sixteen orders under the jurisdiction of Shaofu. The court of the Western Han Dynasty was also responsible for managing music, which was subordinate to the closure of the field.
Yuefu and Letai belong to two systems in administration, with a clear division of functions at first:
1. "Jiao Miao Qu" directed by Taiyue is an elegant and ancient music handed down from the previous generation.
2. The music used by Yuefu when he was in charge of the emperor and the court was not traditional ancient music, but a popular tune dominated by Chuyin. The first Yuefu poem sung with Chu voice was chapter 17 of Anshifang Song. In addition, the Song of the Great Wind written by Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang was sung in Chu when offering sacrifices to Peigong Temple, which was originally managed by Yuefu authorities.
From Hui Di to Wenjing World, there are mainly two kinds of Yuefu poems recorded in the Western Han Dynasty.
Second, the organs in charge of music in the Eastern Han Dynasty also belonged to two systems:
1, Taiyue Music Department, with Taiyue Music Order as its chief, equivalent to Taiyue Music Order in the Western Han Dynasty, belonging to Taichangqing.
2. It is the propaganda department of Huangmen, in charge of Cheng Hualing, and belongs to Shaofu.
The name of Huang Men's advocacy has existed since the Western Han Dynasty, and it has a very close relationship with Yuefu. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Huangmen Propaganda Department, which was in charge of Cheng Hualing, provided songs for the ministers who enjoyed the banquet, which actually played the role of Yuefu in the Western Han Dynasty. Yuefu poems in the Eastern Han Dynasty were mainly sung by Huangmen Propaganda Department, so they were preserved.
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