Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.s2.t4.6

v2.c11.s2.t4.6

Royal Academy Records recorded the systems of department, anecdotes and the contents and origins of music, as well as 324 songs including 46 omagari, which were the important documents for studying music, dance, opera and acrobatics in Tang Dynasty, especially in the early and flourishing period of Tang. When Cui Lingqin worked as Cangcaocanjun, he could hear the royal academy’s past stories directly from junior officers who served there. Therefore, the systems and anecdotes recorded in the Royal Academy Records had a high historical value. Those listed songs such as *Great Peace*, *Triumphal Music*, *Peace Music*, *South Hindustan*, *Plenilune Brahman* and *Omagari of Nishang*, *Kucha Music*, *Liangzhou*, etc came from ancient India or Kucha was influenced by Indian culture or “changed the Kucha music to be.”