Buddhist and Daoist Ritual Music
Once performed regularly at Buddhist and Daoist temples throughout China, since 1949 such music has experienced a significant decline, and may now be found at only a few temples in China and Taiwan.
- Jing yinyue (京音乐) - literally "capital music"; performed at the Zhihua Si Temple, a Ming Dynasty-era Buddhist temple in Beijing. Instruments include guanzi, dizi, sheng, yunluo, cymbals, and drum, and (formerly) voice(s)
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