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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/buried-bells-and-suspended-mus
 ic-tradition/
SUMMARY:Buried Bells and the Suspended Music Tradition
DESCRIPTION:\n	Zhang Wenjie (Associate Professor\, Department of History\, 
 College of Humanities\, Xiamen University\; HYI Visiting Scholar\, 2019-20
 )\n	Chair/discussant: Rowan Flad (John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology\
 , Department of Anthropology\, Harvard University)\n\n\n	In ancient China\
 , ritual served as the fundamental basis for structuring society. It is on
 ly through understanding the ritual system that we may come to have a nuan
 ced appreciation for how society was structured during the Zhou Dynasty. T
 ransmitted texts reveal that the Zhou ritual system was a means of demarca
 ting social rank in order to distribute power and resolve disputes\, with 
 the ultimate goal of stabilizing society and moreover creating cosmic harm
 ony. Within this system\, music was strictly regulated\, with elite musica
 l performances linked to the art of rulership. Thus\, like bronze sacrific
 ial vessels and other ritual paraphernalia\, musical instruments (and perf
 ormances with them) were among the most important expressions of ritual in
  early China\, and constitute a material manifestation of Zhou social hier
 archy. Numerous bronze bells have been unearthed in China\, and many early
  texts describe musical performances and their significance. This talk wil
 l present an analysis of these sources\, to explain how musical instrument
 s and their performance uniquely signaled social status during the Zhou pe
 riod.
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