Ancient Shamanic Music in Chinese Musical History: Origins and Sacrificial Functions
Journal of Education Humanities and Social Sciences March 7, 2026 Yuheng Sun
Shamanic music constitutes the deepest stratum of organised sound in Chinese civilisation. Emerging from Neolithic animistic beliefs that attributed spirit to every phenomenon, it developed into a sophisticated sonic technology for mediating between human society and the unseen world. This paper traces the trajectory of shamanic music from the earliest bone flutes of the seventh millennium BCE...