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Bayu dance

巴渝舞,中國傳統樂曲與舞蹈,屬於夷樂,起源於古代巴蜀地方的賨人,是一種手執戈與盾的武樂,於漢朝時成為貴族宴會時的雜樂,也會在宗廟祭祀時表演。曹魏時改稱昭武舞,晉朝稱宣武舞,至梁朝時恢復古稱。隋文帝時,巴渝舞不被列為宗廟祭時的正式雅樂,至唐朝時尚存在。

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巴渝舞,中國傳統樂曲與舞蹈,屬於夷樂,起源於古代巴蜀地方的賨人,是一種手執戈與盾的武樂,於漢朝時成為貴族宴會時的雜樂,也會在宗廟祭祀時表演。曹魏時改稱昭武舞,晉朝稱宣武舞,至梁朝時恢復古稱。隋文帝時,巴渝舞不被列為宗廟祭時的正式雅樂,至唐朝時尚存在。

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歷史巴渝舞起源於古代巴人,相傳在武王伐紂時,巴人曾經為周武王表演。在漢高祖為漢王時,賨人為其下屬軍隊,漢高祖因而引入漢朝宮廷,因賨人居於渝水,故稱巴渝舞。
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巴渝舞,中國傳統樂曲與舞蹈,屬於夷樂,起源於古代巴蜀地方的賨人,是一種手執戈與盾的武樂,於漢朝時成為貴族宴會時的雜樂,也會在宗廟祭祀時表演。曹魏時改稱昭武舞,晉朝稱宣武舞,至梁朝時恢復古稱。隋文帝時,巴渝舞不被列為宗廟祭時的正式雅樂,至唐朝時尚存在。

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巴渝舞,中國傳統樂曲與舞蹈,屬於夷樂,起源於古代巴蜀地方的賨人,是一種手執戈與盾的武樂,於漢朝時成為貴族宴會時的雜樂,也會在宗廟祭祀時表演。曹魏時改稱昭武舞,晉朝稱宣武舞,至梁朝時恢復古稱。隋文帝時,巴渝舞不被列為宗廟祭時的正式雅樂,至唐朝時尚存在。 1

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巴渝舞起源於古代巴人,相傳在武王伐紂時,巴人曾經為周武王表演。在漢高祖為漢王時,賨人為其下屬軍隊,漢高祖因而引入漢朝宮廷,因賨人居於渝水,故稱巴渝舞。 自漢朝起,巴渝舞為宮廟祭祀雅樂中武樂的一部份,流傳有舞辭四篇。因內容難解,在曹魏時由王粲改寫。 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “巴渝舞”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

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