Buddhist music is an important part of Chinese music culture and a valuable cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. Buddhism is a religion and music is an art. The spread of Buddhism takes music as a medium. After Buddhism was introduced into Dongtu, its music became popular all over the world, and its appeal and dissemination function were stronger than other arts. At the same time, the unique charm of Buddhist music is very consistent with people's psychology of religious worship and praying for happiness. Its sound is fresh and elegant, transcendental and refined, its rhyme is deep and profound, the singer is physically and mentally integrated, and I forget both things; Hearing this, people are suddenly broad-minded, wandering and emotional, purifying people's minds, and savoring the true meaning of life in the sound of curling sound.
The history of Chinese Buddhist music can be roughly divided into four classes: first, the "westernization" stage in the early stage of Buddhism; 2、 North China and diversification stage from Eastern Jin Dynasty to Qi and Liang Dynasty; 3、 The prosperous and stereotyped stage of the Tang Dynasty; 4、 From the Song and Yuan Dynasties to the modern popularization and decline stage.
In the Tang Dynasty, Buddhist music flourished and was popular. The court was addicted to Buddhist music, and the people regarded the temple fair as the most important entertainment place. In the Tang Dynasty, temple, folk and Buddhist music reached its peak.
In the early Tang Dynasty, he was good at guiding and preaching the Pure Land Dharma, but he concentrated on Buddhism. He wrote three volumes of praises, including Praise of Dharma, Praise of Past Life and Praise of General Boat. Tang Fazhao formulated laws and regulations on "Five Meeting Chanting Buddha", and wrote songs such as "Sanhua Music", which had a great influence. The music around Buddha, such as "Thousand Voices Buddha", which has spread to the present, can be regarded as a continuation of "Five Meeting". In the late Tang Dynasty, Shaokang opened a new path to the folk and created new Buddhist music on the basis of folk music.
