Buddhism music is an important part of Chinese music culture and fine treasure of the Chinese cultural heritage. Buddhism as religion and music as art, Buddhism is spread with music as media. After Buddhism was introduced to the Han Dynasty, the music became popular and its infection and spreading function were stronger than other art. What's more, the unique lingering charm of Buddhism music quite tallys with people's psychology of worshipping religion and praying happiness.
There were four phases in Chinese Buddhism music history: 1. Westernization when Buddhism was initially popularized; 2. Diversification from the Estern Jin Dynasty to Qi and Liang; 3. Prosperity and formation in the Tang Dynasty; 4. Popularization and decline from the Song and Yuan Dynasty to modern times.
Buddhism music sounds quiet, clean, refined and elegant with unique flavor and can not be substituted by any other music.