Chinese Praise - Kangosan

Japanese: 漢語讃 - かんごさん

A classification of Shomiyo (chanting) songs. Also called Kango no San. A type of hymn in which Chinese texts are read aloud. Usually, it is a rhymed piece of five or seven lines. There are fewer types than Sanskrit hymns, and the most commonly used are Shichi Kango San, Shinryaku Kango San, Kitsukiyo Kango San, and Shoten Kango San, as well as Fudo Kango San. Generally, it is a piece without beats, with a melody that mainly features decorative elements such as lilies, but in the Tendai school, Shoten Kango San is chanted melodically with beats. Like Sanskrit hymns, it is used in esoteric Buddhist memorial services, as pre- and post-hymns before and after the main part, or as mid-hymns in the middle of a long memorial service, but the content of the lyrics does not necessarily match the content of the memorial service.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

声明（しようみよう）曲の分類名。〈かんごのさん〉ともいう。讃の類で，漢文の詞章を音読するもの。五言または七言四行の韻文が普通。梵語讃より種類が少なく，通常用いるのは《四智漢語讃》《心略漢語讃》《吉慶（きつきよう∥きつけい）漢語讃》《諸天漢語讃》ぐらいで，ほかに《不動漢語讃》などがある。一般に無拍の曲で，ユリなどの装飾的なフシを主とする曲節だが，天台系では《諸天漢語讃》を有拍かつ旋律的に唱える。梵語讃と同様に密教立（みつきようだて）の法要に用い，その主要部分の前後に前讃･後讃として用いたり，長い法要の中間の折り目に中間讃（ちゆうげんさん）として用いたりするが，詞章の内容が法要の内容と一致するとはかぎらない。

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