Chinese Praise - Kansan

Japanese: 漢讃 - かんさん
Chinese Praise - Kansan
A type of Buddhist music called chanting. The lyrics are praising the Buddha and other deities, and are written in Chinese with seven or five lines or a series of lines, with each character being accompanied by a long melody. The Sanskrit translation of the words is called "Bonsan".

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Japanese:
仏教音楽の声明 (しょうみょう) の曲種。歌詞は仏や諸尊を賛美する内容で,漢語の七言 (または五言) 四句,あるいはその連鎖で成る詩形をもち,歌詞1字に長い旋律がつけられている。梵語訳の讃を「梵讃」と称する。

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