Mount Wutai is one of the four Buddhist holy Chinese. The Buddhist music, for thousands of years long history, vast sea, is a valuable heritage of China music culture. This book is the author after years of collecting, mining, sorting, record, and access to a large number of historical data through research and achievements. The book discusses the Mount Wutai Buddhist music from the first day until now the initial, forming, development and to improve the history of Buddhism; Mount Wutai in Chinese Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism music, Buddhist and Buddhist read form and its relationship with music in detail; form, scale, system, plate and music structure of Buddhist music of Mount Wutai were studied in. The book collection of musical instruments and Buddhist music picture the author records collected Buddhist music in Mount Wutai, stretching things all music music activities and Buddhist music, and copy the Mount Wutai Buddhist music with three kinds of original music.

During its development of more than two thousand years, Buddhist Music of Mount Wutai introduce many forms like “Zhuandu (to chant the scriptures with languages other than Sanskrit” and “Changdao (to preach Buddhist doctrines and civilize living beings,” and many other music forms since the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties. The most popular operas for morning recitation are Mahakaruna Dharani (a Buddhist sutra containing a spell against lust) and Shurangama Mantra., and the operas for evening recitation is Amitabha Sutra.

Buddhist music from Mount Wutai has a history of over two thousand years. Originating from India, it reached its golden peak during the Tang Dynasty (from 618 to 907 AD), later becoming a classic representative of Buddhist music in northern China. In order to protect this musical lineage, the Buddhist music of Mount Wutai was listed among the first group of intangible cultural heritage in China in 2006.