During the Chongning period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1102-1106), in order to create and develop new Yale, Emperor Huizong of Song set up a special agency in the early years of Chongning to discuss Yale and renovate old music, which was called "Dasheng", and Dashengfu was born.
Da Sheng Fu was one of the official music institutions of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the music created by Da Sheng Fu was also known as Da Sheng Music.
In the fourth year of Chongning (1105 AD), Dashengfu was officially established, and Dasi Le was the highest administrator of DashengFu, a position equivalent to that of the dean of the Central Conservatory of Music. The other staff members of The Da Sheng Mansion include: two dian le, one Da Le Ling, one master book, four each of the co-law lang, according to the concord sound law, writing texts, and running notation.
In the second year of Xuanhe (1120 AD), Dashengfu completed its mission and withdrew from the stage of history, although It had only a history of 15 years, its emergence played an important role in the development of northern Song dynasty music literature.
After the establishment of The Great ShengFu in the fourth year of Chongning (1105), it replaced the Taichang Temple as the highest administrative body in charge of music affairs in the Song Dynasty, and for most of the time from the fourth year of Chongning to the second year of Xuanhe, the Great ShengFu was the core institution of the imperial court to manage and organize music affairs.
Playing gagaku is one of the important duties of Dashengfu. According to the literature: "Da Sheng Zhan Gong Jia is happy in the south of Hengjie, tai permanent crown prince crown seat on the east step, the East Palace official is located in the back, set up a mattress seat, Chen fu in Xi Nan, the east collar north." ”
It can be seen that after the establishment of Da Sheng Fu, it has been responsible for the task of performing music in the Great Dynasty And the Suburban Temple Festival.
Making music is another important responsibility of Da Sheng Fu. Da Sheng Fu will regularly organize musicians to discuss the law and develop music, and the talents in Da Sheng Fu gather, often discuss and study together, develop many new repertoire, and prosper the creation of songs.
The establishment of Da Sheng Fu not only promoted the development of song music culture, but also had a great influence on the Song dynasty of the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, Dashengfu attracted a large number of outstanding lyricists to become music officials, making Dashengfu an important position in the creation of music literature in the Northern Song Dynasty.
There are a number of artists who are good at filling in words and proficient in music, such as the great lyricist Chao Chongzhi, Wan Qianyong, Zhou Bangyan, Tian Wei and other famous lyricists have joined the Dasheng Mansion, and they are actively involved in the songwriting of court music, and these lyricists are also known as "Dasheng lyricists" in later generations.
Among them, the big lyricist Zhou Bangyan is the integrator of the Da Sheng word school, and Zhou Bangyan's entry into the Da Sheng Fu also marks the development of the Da Sheng ci culture in the Song Dynasty to a peak, and the Da Sheng Fu has thus become the center of word music creation at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty.
In addition to playing gagaku and making movements, Dashengfu also performed the function and task of collecting tones. At the beginning of the establishment of Dasheng Province, sixty and eighty-four tones were collected, and later this number increased to more than two hundred, and these tones were often used in diplomatic activities and sometimes given to other friends.
At the same time, Dashengfu also undertook the function of training musicians for other countries and training musical talents for other musical institutions at that time.
At the same time, DaShengFu was also responsible for court song and dance and entertainment, which had a profound and lasting impact on the music culture of the Song Dynasty.
Da Sheng Fu made the variety of musical instruments used in the Song Dynasty court music performances increased, and the various instruments used in the music music were more perfect, making the music system unified and harmonious and perfect, resulting in a perfect music production method, and the performance forms were more abundant and diverse.
In addition, the tunes of Yan music under the Dashengfu period were more abundant, and the feast activities were more colorful.
In the Song Dynasty, whether it was a major national event, a royal ceremony, or a banquet held every year on important festival days such as Qingming, Chongyang, and the winter solstice, the existence of Yanle could not be lacking. The emergence of Da Sheng Fu made the banquet activities more abundant and interesting, and the diversity of musical lyrics in the Northern Song Dynasty also laid the foundation for the development of Yan music in the Song Dynasty.
At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, DashengFu was an important musical institution in the court of the Song Dynasty, which had a profound and lasting impact on the music culture of the Song Dynasty, and its position in the entire history of Chinese music was also pivotal.