jiǔgē
Nine Songs
九歌 jiǔgē
- Nine Songs
- The title of a section within the classic anthology 楚辞 chǔcí ('Songs of the South'), traditionally attributed to the Warring States period poet 屈原 qūyuán; it consists of eleven shamanistic songs adapted from folk sacrificial hymns.
- Jiu Ge
- (literary) An ancient ritual music and dance suite said to date back to the time of Emperor Yu of the Xia dynasty.