Jiaofang

The '''Royal Academy''' ({{zh|c=教坊|p=jiàofāng}}) is the official school for [[music of China|music]], [[dance in China|dance]] and [[theatre of China|theater arts]] in [[Imperial China]] between the [[Tang dynasty]] and [[Ming dynasty]], lasting more than 1000 years.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wang |first=Li (Ally) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WNvyDwAAQBAJ&q=Jiaofang |title=The Peak Time of Entertainment in China: A Study of the Jiaofang during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) |date=2020-07-20 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-5682-9 |language=en}}</ref>

==History== In the 7th century, the Chinese Royal Academy was set up by [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang]] in the purpose to teach music, theater, and dance for court entertainment. The name of the Royal Academy at first was Private Academy (Chinese: 內教坊), coordinated by the Tai-Chang Temple (Chinese: 太常寺, the central religion administration for the royal family). In the years of Empress [[Wu Zetian]], the Private Academy was once called Yun-Shao Palace (Chinese: 雲韶府, which means the place of cloud and sunlight). Finally, [[Emperor Zhongzong of Tang]] renamed the academy to the Royal Academy. In the meantime, he made the school independent with a new governmental official similar to the western [[Kapellmeister]] to guide.

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[[Category:Music organizations based in China]]