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26 HINESE MUSIC. The way from the firs t gate to the centre of the temple is left open for the passage of the Emperor or his deputy, with his suite of princes, dignitaries, and attendants. At the second gate the Emperor leaves his sedan and walks to the temple at a slow, stately pace; a band of 14 musicians and r r ensign and umbrella bearers precedes him, while an appropriate piece of music called i! 51 ( Tao-yin), the Guiding March, is played. I give here this march, which is played by two she"ng, two ti-tzu, two hsiao, two yiin-lo , two tou-lciw,n, two clrums, and two pairs of castanets. R llY o 1'i'o, I i'i-, I llY 0 I I o J.. llY' /\o mi" -'~ R o 1i I ~ /\o, 1i- 1i ...t, l!Q ...... 1i- 0 ,,, ' /\ o I o, ...... fill 1i- 0 I fill ~ /\o 1i- I, ,f;- o, I ~ fill o, I o ...... /\o, R , J:Ja 1i- Ro 1i ..t. llQ' I o, ..t., rrn, ...... II9 fJ, 0 /\o, In foreign notation this may be rendered somewhat as follows:- THE GuIDING MARcrr. Stow . f$ , ~ J ~ I :1 ~ ~ I :Q~ • 0 § ~ I I I J _J__ . . 12 I iJ J J _J I j , , I ., !, ~ ~ I d J J I. . . J (The little cit'cles and dots at the side of the Chinese notes and above the Western notes indicate that the dmmmers and castanet-players must Rotmd t.hei.r instrument~.) ,Vhen the Emperor enters the temple the guiding music ceases, and the most profound silence reigns for a while. Everybody is at ~is pJ~ce: the singers, harpers, sheng players, and small drums are ranged on the west and east sides within the temple; the bell and stone instru– ments, the flutes, and the larger chums are outside, on the marble terrace are 36 dancers dividecl into two groups, one west and one east, and the dancers standing at equal distance one from the other; in front of each group is a leader carrying a kind of banner with which he guides the movements of his group; in front of tbe chainters in the temple are two dragon-embroidered flags called hui.