Maoshan Taoist music and fasting activities, after the prosperity of Sui and Tang Dynasties, were favored by the court in Song and Yuan Dynasties, with rich literature and history materials. In the Ming Dynasty's Collected Records of Maoshan and Jiajing's Distinguishing between Maoshan and Hou Zhi, Maoshan was ordered by the emperor to hold activities, festivals and songs. , and even died. These materials are very important for the study of Taoist music and musical instruments in Maoshan during the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Maoshan Taoism suffered great damage in the late Qing Dynasty and the Japanese invasion of China. In addition, the ten-year cultural revolution turmoil caused the materials of Maoshan Taoist music to be burned to the ground. The number of maoshan taoist has dropped sharply. At present, only a dozen people can practice a few Maoshan musical instruments. Mao shan's relationship with teachers has always been very strict, and it has been clear to generations. In this century, Taoist monks who became monks in Maoshan Taoist Academy adopted the words "Qi, Immortality, Consciousness, Diligence, Sensitivity, Connection, Knowledge, Kindness and Mindfulness" according to their generations, and the dharma name of the mage was also "Gao, Hong, Ding, Da and Luo".
Maoshan Taoist music has maintained the tradition of "Maoshan School" and also preserved the Maoshan Taoist music in the Tang and Song Dynasties to this day. Ling Wei Mantra and San Mao Zhen Jun Gao recorded in this episode are Taoist songs of Maoshan School, and the lyrics are unique to Maoshan. According to the records in the third volume of Sanmao Zhenjun's Rites of Zen, the Ling Wei Mantra was sung at the beginning of the program "Celebrating Rites and Setting Rites" held in June of the 9th year of Chunyou (1249), which shows that this song has a long history. In addition, many vocals praising Maoshan Taoism are sung with long beats or more notes, which is very similar to the vocal requirements expressed in the Taoist music score "Interpretation of the Aftersound" in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Maoshan Taoist music has a long tradition, and the characteristics of its local music are also very obvious. Although Maoshan belongs to southern Jiangsu, it is completely different from Taoist music in neighboring Changzhou, Wuxi and Suzhou. First, all five tones are used in tonality, and there is no tendency to be feathered and angular; Secondly, in the line cavity, it is loud and powerful, pays attention to the ups and downs of big lines, uses ditty to harmonize decorative sounds, and recites words in a language close to Nanjing Mandarin. The tune is "rigid", which is quite different from Daole music in other areas of southern Jiangsu.
San Mao Zhen Jun, Mao Ying, Mao Gu and Mao Zhong are three immortal brothers in Han Dynasty and the founders of Maoshan School of Taoism. In the fourth year of Emperor Xuandi's Day (69- 65 BC), Mao Ying was named "the true king of Dongyue's superior secretary" by Jin Jiuxi, while Mao Gu and Mao Zhong were named "Dinglu King" and "Life-saving King" respectively. In Song Dynasty, Song Taizong and Song Zhenzong called them "true should be true kings", "clever should be true kings" and "God should be true kings". Together, it is called "San Mao should become a true gentleman in nine days", and later people call it "San Mao Zhen Jun". At first, in the folklore of Wei and Jin Dynasties, only Mao Ying became a fairy. Jin's Biography of Immortals said: He lived in seclusion in Qi State and studied Taoism for twenty years. After returning to his hometown, he is amazing, able to cure diseases and eliminate disasters, good at change, and foreign objects can't hurt him. After Yu Gai ascended to heaven, "a temple was built for him from far and near." In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was said that all three brothers became immortals. According to the Biography of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Mao Ying was appointed as "the true gentleman of the Shangqing in Dongyue" in the fourth year of Emperor Xuandi Festival (69-65 BC), and his two younger brothers were also included in the fairy class, and were named as "Dinglu Jun" and "Baomingjun" respectively. In the Song Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Emperor Taizong named it "Zhen Ying Zhen Jun", "Miao Ying Zhen Jun" and "Shen Ying Zhen Jun", which were collectively called "San Mao Jiu Tian Ying Zhen Jun" and later called it "San Mao Zhen Jun". Ermaojun has a real name, the word Wiki. As a Mirror of Mao and Tidao records, he used to be an official and worshipped. He heard that his brother had learned the immortal way, so he abandoned his official and crossed the river to learn from Qushan, and later learned the immortal way. The biography of Guo Taishou in the later Han Dynasty was accompanied by the biography of Mao Jiwei, which was popular in the old songs of Mao Shan's father in the later Han Dynasty, also called Sanmao ballad, and it was a tribute to Sanmao's deeds. Liang Tao Hongjing's "True Spirit Industry Map" lists Mao Gu as the left position of Taiqing, and it is called "Juqushan real person records Mao Jun, and the right teacher is forbidden". Sanmaojun's name is sincere, and he makes peace. He used to be a doctor of ENT and a satrap of Xihe. I heard that his brother Mao Ying enlightened, so he gave up his official position and crossed the river. He studied Taoism in Ququ Mountain, and later managed Changshan Mountain, where he became immortal. Liang Tao Hongjing's "True Spirit Industry Map" listed Mao Zhong as the sixth middle position and named it "Right Forbidden Lang Dingzhen Zhong Jun Mao Jun", which governs Huayang Cave. There was no "learning" in early Taoism, and the academic schools of Fangxian Road and Huanglao Road before the establishment of Taoism were absorbed by Zhang Zu Shitian as Taoist contents. Later people called him a former religious school. The Wudou Rice Knife created by Zhang Zushi Tian is also called Shi Tian Knife. Zhang Jiao Shi Tian created Taiping Dao with the belief of Taiping Jing. The "worship of common gods" founded by Hebo in the Jin Dynasty is called "Bo Jia Dao". If taught, there are Qingmaoshan Road, Qingqingzaoshan Road, Zhouzhiguan Corridor in Shaanxi and so on, which did not appear until the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. True Taoism, such as Quanzhen Taoism and then Taoism (including internal and external then schools) which appeared at the same time with Fu You School, are not called "schools". In Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, it was popular to call it "so-and-so" system. In order to trace back to the source, various practice methods have found their own teaching system, so they have the name and generation system of "genre". In the eighth year of Dade, the 38th generation of Longhushan was Zhang and Cai. Since then, Shi Tianlu has been renamed "Justice Teaching". Those who emphasize Fu You's practice, such as Maoshan Shangqing, Geqing jujube hill Lingbao Road, Longhushan Shitian Road and Xishan Jingming Road, are all called "Zhengyi School". All those who emphasize the inner alchemy, including Zhang Ziyang, are called "Quanzhen School". The three schools belonging to Zhengyi School mainly include Longhu Mountain and Maoshan Mountain. In addition to their consistent beliefs and biased practice, the orthodox school and the Quanzhen school are called "helping monks" in etiquette. Most of them don't live in temples, but can get married and live like laymen. Quanzhen Sect is called "Gangzang".