Author(s)

Beini Liu

Corresponding Author

Beini Liu

ABSTRACT

The Taoist ritual music is a very important component in the Taoist ceremony. It forms a "transcendental threshold" to communicate the two worlds of "man-god" through the combination of vocal singing, Singing and musical instrument performance. The existence of a ritual music is not only to show the isolated notes, but also to show the spiritual concepts and behavior activities related to the people in the ceremony. Through on-the-spot investigation of the music of the lesson recitation ceremony in Mount Tai Lingying Palace, this paper studies the music behavior in the ceremony, systematically combs the general situation of Mount Tai Lingying Palace and its Taoist music, the process of lesson recitation ceremony, the music characteristics and the analysis of sound and sound functions, and provides theoretical reference for understanding the connotation and significance of the music of the whole truth Taoist lesson recitation ceremony.

KEYWORDS

Mount Tai, Taoism, Morning and evening classes, Ritual music