As an important cultural period in the history of China, compared with that of Qin Dynasty,the economic level of Tang Dynasty has been improved unprecedentedly（空前的）
Song and Yuan dynasty
Ming and Qing dynasty
• After the Song Dynasty, the plucked music（弹拨音乐）
began to go down the downhill road and the orchestral music（管弦乐） developed. It was also related to the historical background of the time. This trend has a great relationship with the continuous
The pre Qin Periodasty
Mainly are plucked stringed instruments（弹拨乐器）
• Chime was the most representative musical instrument in the pre Qin period . It came up which had completely rewritten the history of music throughout the pre Qin period. Chime bells had many kinds of social functions in the society at that time. They were not only symbols of social status, but also sacrifices for peace.
• In Qing Dynasty, the age of Chinese minority musical instruments flourished. The erhu which emerged in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty is a miniature of the development of national musical instruments.
Ancient time
Ancient time is the oringin of Chinese music. According to records that the ancient music is a combination of music and dance.
At that time,music was going to be borned， but didn’t.
situation of the war in the Song Dynasty
• Novels and Traditional Operas
• The birth of Ci and Sanqu(词和散曲)
• Close to life and common people
Modern times （近代）
Romanticism music
In the history of western music, the term "romanticism" is used to summarize the history of music around the 19th century. The prosperity of "romanticism" was closely related to the European society and cultural situation before and after the French revolution. Whether it was the Napoleonic administration, the invasion war, or the restoration of the feudal dynasty, it could only bring disaster to the people.
Music
——Western and Eastern
The development of Chinese folk music
• Ancient Time • The pre Qin Period（先秦） • Sui dynasty and Tang dynasty
• Song and Yuan dynasty • Ming and qing dynasty • Modern times（近代）
The development of national music is difficult , Abing（阿炳）‘s “The Moon Over a Fountain”（二泉映月） is familiar to most of the audience, in the development of modern China, the development of national music entered a lag phrase（停滞阶段）. The two symbols of this period were ABing and Liu Tianhua.
The development of Western music
• Music in ancient Greece and Rome.（古希腊罗马
时期的音乐）
• Music in the middle ages.（中世纪时期的音乐） • Music in the Renaissance.（文艺复兴时期的音乐） • Baroque music.（巴洛克音乐） • Classicism music.（古典主义音乐） • Romanticism music.（浪漫主义音乐） • Nationalist music.（民族主义音乐） • Modern music.（现代音乐）