【Music and Dance for Confucius Sacrifice】is a special music and dance for Confucius’ descendants, emperors of all dynasties, and local officials to perform in the ceremony of sacrificing to Confucius. Every year on the first Ding day of February and August in spring and autumn and on the anniversary of Confucius’ birthday, a sacrificial ceremony is held in the Confucius Temple, so it is also called “Ding Sacrifice Music” (it was called “Dacheng Dengge Music” in the Yuan Dynasty, “Dacheng Music” in the Ming Dynasty, and “Zhonghe Shao Music” in the Qing Dynasty, all of which are “Ding Sacrifice Music”). Music and dance for Confucius Sacrifice began in the second year after Confucius’ death. It was performed in the temple courtyard with “Music of Six Dynasties” (see Volume 23 of Quli Literature Research) to show the commemoration of Confucius. Since the Western Han Dynasty, emperors of all dynasties have issued “imperial” orders for the arrangement, musical instruments, songs, and dance scores of music and dance for Confucius Sacrifice. Since the first year of Renshou (601) of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, there has been a special music and dance to praise Confucius. Since then, it has been passed down from generation to generation. The music and dance for Confucius sacrifice include "palace music", "eight-legged dance", "xuan music", "six-legged dance" and "deng song". The whole music and dance consists of three major parts: singing, dancing and music, as well as banner and banner students who direct the music and dance. In terms of the scale of "xuan music" and "six-legged dance", there are more than a hundred people, plus more than ten leading musicians; if "palace music" and "eight-legged dance" are used, there will be a grand scene of more than a hundred people. The musical instruments used are gold, stone, silk, bamboo, leather, wood, gourd and earth. The music is solemn and the dance is graceful, with simple and elegant style characteristics. The music and dance for Confucius worship are arranged according to the ritual procedures, and the number of music played is fixed to six chapters and six movements: the "Zhaoping" chapter is played for welcoming the gods, the "Xuanping" chapter is played for the first offering (with dance), the "Qiuping" chapter is played for the second offering (with dance), the "Xuping" chapter is played for the final offering, the "Yiping" chapter is played for removing the food, and the "Deping" chapter is played for sending off the gods. Information source: Shandong Provincial Information Network Information source: Shandong Provincial Information Network