# Jiaofang

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The **Royal Academy** ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 教坊; [pinyin](/source/Pinyin): *jiàofāng*) is the official school for [music](/source/Music_of_China), [dance](/source/Dance_in_China) and [theater arts](/source/Theatre_of_China) in [Imperial China](/source/Imperial_China) between the [Tang dynasty](/source/Tang_dynasty) and [Ming dynasty](/source/Ming_dynasty), lasting more than 1000 years.[1]

## History

In the 7th century, the Chinese Royal Academy was set up by [Emperor Gaozu of Tang](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Kapellmeister) to guide.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Wang, Li (Ally) (2020-07-20). [*The Peak Time of Entertainment in China: A Study of the Jiaofang during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD)*](https://books.google.com/books?id=WNvyDwAAQBAJ&q=Jiaofang). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-5275-5682-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-5275-5682-9).

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