VIS 21B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Theravada, Accordion, Mahayana
Document Summary
1. guang (liquor vessel), shang dynasty, 13th century bce. 1. function: a liquor vessel in ritual ceremony (practice of burying the dead with containers of food and drinks for sacri ce) 2. religion of shamanism: passing message from the living to the dead; relation with. Ancestors mutual dependency of the living and their dead ancestors. 3. material: bronze; re ect the willingness of shang elites to devote large amount of valued resource to ritual use, the organizational capacity of rulers, and the advanced technology in molding bronze. Found in the tomb of marquis yi, hubei province of the state of zeng. 25 ft long, 65 bronze components, taotie may indicate that music was played as ritual. 124 musical instruments, drums, utes, mouth organs excavated from the tomb. A set of large-size chime of bells: musical instruments for state ceremony. The central role of music in court life of ancient china (idea that music connects you to heaven.
