What does "the voice of political prestige" mean?

Guo Zheng and Guo Wei's folk music are the best in this "new music" trend, collectively known as "the voice of Zheng Wei". Zheng and Wei, located in today's Henan Province, were the settlements of businessmen in the early days. After the Zhou people destroyed the merchants, they were enfeoffed to their own relatives to prevent the merchants from making trouble. The people of Zheng and Wei have always maintained the tradition of frequent sacrifices by businessmen. Sacrifice occasions are often places where young men and women sing and dance, get together and make friends. As a legacy of Shang music, The Voice of Zhengwei inherited the artistic features of Shang music. The influence of folk music, represented by Zheng Weizhi's voice, is expanding day by day, and it has become a camp opposite to Yayue.

Although this so-called "new music" has an older history than the so-called "ancient music", they have maintained a bold, passionate, unrestrained and romantic mood and a fresh and lively style in the unrestrained development environment of the people. Beautiful and moving timbre and cheerful rhythm make people who are used to listening to elegant music feel refreshed. Even those nobles who understand the importance of "ancient music" have to admit that they really like "new music". For example, during the Warring States Period, Wei Wenhou once admitted that he was sitting on the crown to enjoy ancient music according to the etiquette requirements, but he couldn't help but doze off, but he was tireless when enjoying new music (The Book of Rites? Music "). Liang also admits that he likes "worldly happiness" instead of "former king's happiness" ("Mencius? Liang Xia).

It can be seen that the soil on which Yayue lives has been gradually weakened in the social and political changes, while folk music, which has been rejected and suppressed by the government since the Western Zhou Dynasty, has gained an opportunity for development in the social turmoil and changes. The so-called "Sang Jianpu, Zheng, Wei, Song and Anlo Zhao" (Hanshu? Li Lezhi "). With its unique attraction, the Voice of Zheng Wei has shaken the foundation of elegant music as a tool of state rule, and reflected the irresistible trend of "new music" replacing "ancient music". At the same time, the Voice of Zheng Wei has also become synonymous with folk music that emerged after the Spring and Autumn Period.