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[[File:Paintings on north wall of Xu Xianxiu Tomb.jpg|thumb|260px|left|A mural from the tomb of Xu Xianxiu in [[Taiyuan]], [[Shanxi]] province, dated 571 AD during the [[Northern Qi Dynasty]], showing male court musicians playing stringed instruments, either the ''[[liuqin]]'' or ''[[pipa]]'', and a woman playing a ''[[konghou]]'' (harp)]] | [[File:Paintings on north wall of Xu Xianxiu Tomb.jpg|thumb|260px|left|A mural from the tomb of Xu Xianxiu in [[Taiyuan]], [[Shanxi]] province, dated 571 AD during the [[Northern Qi Dynasty]], showing male court musicians playing stringed instruments, either the ''[[liuqin]]'' or ''[[pipa]]'', and a woman playing a ''[[konghou]]'' (harp)]] | ||
The [[Music Bureau|Imperial Music Bureau]], first established in the [[Qin dynasty]] (221–207 BC), was greatly expanded under the emperor [[Emperor Wu of Han|Han Wudi]] (140–87 BC) and charged with supervising court music and military music and determining what folk music would be officially recognized. In subsequent dynasties, the development of Chinese music was influenced by the musical traditions of Central Asia which also introduced elements of Indian music.<ref name="Sino-Indian Relations p.76">A History of Sino-Indian Relations: 1st Century A.D. to 7th Century A.D. by Yukteshwar Kumar. p.76 {{ISBN | 978-8176487986}}</ref><ref>Journal of Music in China, Volume 4, p.4</ref> Instruments of Central Asian origin such as [[pipa]] were adopted in China, the Indian [[Heptatonic scale]] was introduced in the 6th century by a musician from Kucha named Sujiva, although the heptatonic scale was later abandoned.<ref>India and China: Interactions through Buddhism and Diplomacy: A Collection of Essays by Professor Prabodh Chandra Bagchi . p.210 {{ISBN|978-9380601175}}</ref><ref>History of Civilizations of Central Asia edited by Unesco</ref | The [[Music Bureau|Imperial Music Bureau]], first established in the [[Qin dynasty]] (221–207 BC), was greatly expanded under the emperor [[Emperor Wu of Han|Han Wudi]] (140–87 BC) and charged with supervising court music and military music and determining what folk music would be officially recognized. In subsequent dynasties, the development of Chinese music was influenced by the musical traditions of Central Asia which also introduced elements of Indian music.<ref name="Sino-Indian Relations p.76">A History of Sino-Indian Relations: 1st Century A.D. to 7th Century A.D. by Yukteshwar Kumar. p.76 {{ISBN | 978-8176487986}}</ref><ref>Journal of Music in China, Volume 4, p.4</ref> Instruments of Central Asian origin such as [[pipa]] were adopted in China, the Indian [[Heptatonic scale]] was introduced in the 6th century by a musician from Kucha named Sujiva, although the heptatonic scale was later abandoned.<ref name="Sino-Indian Relations p.76"/><ref>India and China: Interactions through Buddhism and Diplomacy: A Collection of Essays by Professor Prabodh Chandra Bagchi . p.210 {{ISBN|978-9380601175}}</ref><ref>History of Civilizations of Central Asia edited by Unesco</ref> | ||
[[File:Gu Hongzhong's Night Revels 2.jpg|thumb|right|500px|A half-section of the [[Song dynasty]] (960–1279) version of the ''Night Revels of Han Xizai'', the original was by [[Gu Hongzhong]] in the [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period]] (907–960);<ref name="ebrey cambridge 148">Patricia Ebrey (1999), ''Cambridge Illustrated History of China'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 148.</ref> the female musicians in the center of the image are playing [[dizi (instrument)|transverse bamboo flutes]] and ''[[Guan (instrument)|guan]]'', and the male musician is playing a wooden clapper called ''paiban''.]] | [[File:Gu Hongzhong's Night Revels 2.jpg|thumb|right|500px|A half-section of the [[Song dynasty]] (960–1279) version of the ''Night Revels of Han Xizai'', the original was by [[Gu Hongzhong]] in the [[Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period]] (907–960);<ref name="ebrey cambridge 148">Patricia Ebrey (1999), ''Cambridge Illustrated History of China'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 148.</ref> the female musicians in the center of the image are playing [[dizi (instrument)|transverse bamboo flutes]] and ''[[Guan (instrument)|guan]]'', and the male musician is playing a wooden clapper called ''paiban''.]] | ||
The oldest extant written Chinese music is "[[Jieshi Diao Youlan|Youlan]]" (幽蘭) or the Solitary Orchid, composed during the 6th or 7th century, but has also been attributed to Confucius. The first major well-documented flowering of Chinese music was for the [[Guqin|qin]] during the [[Tang dynasty]] (618-907AD), though the qin is known to have been played since before the Han dynasty. This is based on the conjecture that because the recorded examples of Chinese music are ceremonial, and the ceremonies in which they were employed are thought to have existed "perhaps more than one thousand years before Christ",{{sfn|Van Aalst|1884|loc=}}{{Page needed|date=October 2013}} the musical compositions themselves were performed, even in 1000 BC, in precisely the manner prescribed by the sources that were written down in the seventh century AD. (It is based on this conjecture that Van Aalst dates the "Entrance Hymn for the Emperor" to c. 1000 BC.){{sfn|Van Aalst|1884|loc=}}{{Page needed|date=October 2013}} | The oldest extant written Chinese music is "[[Jieshi Diao Youlan|Youlan]]" (幽蘭) or the Solitary Orchid, composed during the 6th or 7th century, but has also been attributed to Confucius. The first major well-documented flowering of Chinese music was for the [[Guqin|qin]] during the [[Tang dynasty]] (618-907AD), though the qin is known to have been played since before the Han dynasty. This is based on the conjecture that because the recorded examples of Chinese music are ceremonial, and the ceremonies in which they were employed are thought to have existed "perhaps more than one thousand years before Christ",{{sfn|Van Aalst|1884|loc=}}{{Page needed|date=October 2013}} the musical compositions themselves were performed, even in 1000 BC, in precisely the manner prescribed by the sources that were written down in the seventh century AD. (It is based on this conjecture that Van Aalst dates the "Entrance Hymn for the Emperor" to c. 1000 BC.){{sfn|Van Aalst|1884|loc=}}{{Page needed|date=October 2013}} | ||