汉代的宫廷音乐是我国历史上最具有完整建制的宫廷音乐,在后世两千年的文化史里,仅仅只有唐代的建制制度与乐曲完整性能与之相提并论。汉代宫廷音乐的范畴很广泛,包含了祭祀乐、房中乐、宴饮乐、鼓吹乐、乐府诗歌等等几个方面,更包括了后来的相和歌。而“楚声”就是汉代宫廷音乐的精华,在汉代宫廷音乐中占有很大的组成部分。 The court music of the Han Dynasty is the most complete court music in the history of our country. In the cultural history of two thousand years in the future, only the complete system of the Tang Dynasty and the complete performance of the music are compared with each other. Han Dynasty court music is a wide range, including the sacrificial music, room music, banquet music, advocating music, Yuefu poetry and so on several aspects, but also later included phase song. “Chu sound ” is the essence of court music in the Han Dynasty, occupying a large part in court music in the Han Dynasty.