Sentences - Kanshi

...It was first seen in the Tang Dynasty in the "Taoistic Poems" found in the Dunhuang manuscript (Stein No. 5648), and by the Song and Yuan Dynasties it had become a folk song, sung with lyrics of various lengths and rhythms. In plays, not only the Taoist priests but also monks would sing it, and the content of the song began to include satire on the foolishness and ugliness of the secular world. When singing, they would strike a drum called a gyogu, a bamboo tube with leather stretched on both ends, and two bamboo pieces (castanets) called jianzi. They would often sing to the tune of lyrics or sankyoku, and this popularity would continue into the following Ming and Qing Dynasties. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Jianzi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…これの唐代における初見は，敦煌写本(スタイン5648号)に見いだされる〈道情詩〉であり，宋･元代になると民間の歌謡にもなって，長短さまざまな歌詞と節回しでうたわれ，芝居では登場人物の道士のみならず僧侶もこれをうたうことがあり，歌の内容にも俗世の愚かさや醜さへの風刺が加わるようになった。うたうときは，竹筒の両端に皮を張った漁鼓という鼓と，簡子という2枚の竹片(カスタネット)を打つ。詞や散曲の調べに乗せてうたうことも多く，この流行は次の明･清の時代でも変わりはなかった。…

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