Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s2.t1.2

v2.c11.s2.t1.2

In the Northern Dynasty, most people were immersed by Indian culture and believed in Buddhism in the Western Regions. Music was also “playing mixed with Buddhist language.” Along with Buddhism becoming popular and the government promotion of alien nations, the music of Western Regions was in full flourish. Kucha music was even more popular in the Northern Qi. Wan Baochang often asked the Western Region’s musicians for advice; therefore, he was a high level musician of Kucha music derived from Indian Buddhist culture. He was good at playing various kinds of instruments and proficient in rhyming. He used to make the jade chimes and dedicated it to the Northern Qi and revised the old Luoyang songs. Later on, the Northern Zhou destroyed the Northern Qi and Sui Dynasty replaced the Northern Zhou, and Wan Baochang became a part of the Sui people afterwards.